BACKGROUND Colorectal surgery is frequently complicated by surgical site infections (SSIs). The most important consequences of SSIs are prolonged hospitalization, an increased risk of surgical reintervention and an increase in mortality. Perioperative intravenously administered antibiotic prophylaxis is the standard of care to reduce the risk of SSIs. In the last few decades, preoperative orall...

BACKGROUND C-reactive protein levels are frequently raised in patients with major complications following elective colorectal surgery and used as a predictor for complications. The significance of raised C-reactive protein levels to predict outcome in emergency colorectal surgery is unclear, because preoperative C-reactive protein levels are often raised. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was t...

Purpose Emergency colorectal surgery has high rates of complications and mortality because of incomplete bowel preparation and bacterial contamination. The authors aimed to evaluate the surgical outcomes and the risk factors for the mortality and the complication rates of patients who underwent emergency surgery to treat colorectal diseases. Methods This is a prospective study from January 20...

BACKGROUND The short-term benefits of laparoscopic surgery are well established, particularly within an enhanced recovery program. Early return to activity is to be expected but has not been quantified. The aim of this study was to measure the hospital stay and return to full activity following laparoscopic colorectal surgery and compare this with laparoscopic cholecystectomy and laparoscopic i...

HYPOTHESIS Laparoscopy has become a popular approach for the surgical treatment of benign and even malignant colorectal diseases. Several authors have reported better preserved immunity in patients undergoing laparoscopic compared with conventional colorectal surgery. The present study addresses the hypothesis that specific and nonspecific immunity are differently affected by laparoscopic and c...

background: colon cancer is the third cause of cancer deaths. although colon cancer survival time has increased in recent years, the mortality rate is still high. the cox model is the most common regression model often used in medical research in survival analysis, but most of the time the effect of at least one of the independent factors changes over time, so the model cannot be used. in the c...

BACKGROUND Colorectal surgery has an important impact on a patient's quality of life, and postoperative rehabilitation shows large variations. To enhance the understanding of recovery after colorectal cancer, health-related quality of life has become a standard outcome measurement for clinical care and research. Therefore, we aimed to correlate the influence of preoperative global life satisfac...

The introduction of laparoscopy is an example of surgical innovation with a rapid implementation in many areas of surgery. A large number of controlled studies and meta-analyses have shown that laparoscopic colorectal surgery is associated with the same benefits than other minimally invasive procedures, including lesser pain, earlier recovery of bowel transit and shorter hospital stay. On the o...

BACKGROUND Mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) prior to elective colorectal surgery has been in use for many years. It is considered important in preventing post-operative infectious complications after colorectal surgery. The evidence to support these claims is lacking within the medical literature and yet this still remains standard practice in many hospitals. A literature search was undertake...