the second international proctology congress was held on october 17 to 18 at razavi hospital. some surgeons of the italian society of colo-rectal surgery (societa italiana di chirurgia colo-rettale, siccr) attended the congress.

background: on an average 30-50% of patients who undergo incision and drainage (i and d) of anal abscess will develop recurrence or fistula formation. it is claimed that finding the internal orifice of anal abscess to distract the corresponding anal gland duct; will decline the rate of future anal fistula. surgeons supporting i and d alone claim that finding the internal opening is hazardous. t...

 Metastatic ovarian cancers occur in 3-8 percent of women undergoing surgical resection of a primary colorectal cancer. In this study we examined the characteristics of women with colorectal cancer for whom synchronous oophorectomy had been performed. In this cross-sectional study, records of patients with colorectal cancer from April 1991 through October 1999 who had undergone surgery for both...

conclusions previous abdominal surgery, including previous colonic surgery, confers no added risk of conversion to an open operation, morbidity or mortality for patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery. the operative time however is longer (30 minutes) for patients with previous colonic surgery. results out of 718 patients 476 had no previous abdominal surgery (group a), whilst 190 p...

Metastatic ovarian cancers occur in 3-8 percent of women undergoing surgical resection of a primary colorectal cancer. In this study we examined the characteristics of women with colorectal cancer for whom synchronous oophorectomy had been performed. In this cross-sectional study, records of patients with colorectal cancer from April 1991 through October 1999 who had undergone surgery for ...

Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignancy worldwide. It also fourth leading cause of death among all malignant tumours. The treatment modalities for colorectal include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, biotargeted therapy, gene therapy and biological immunotherapy [1,2].

Laparoscopy was a major technical advance for colorectal surgery, with great clinical and financial benefits compared to open surgery for both benign and malignant colorectal diseases. Despite proven clinical advantages, the rate of laparoscopy for pelvic colorectal surgery remains low. The technical advantages of robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery may help overcome the limitations of other ...

Aim and scope: The most important complications after colorectal surgery is pain which use of nonpharmacologic methods to reduce the complications has been considered by researchers. This study was conducted aiming at study on effect of Pelvic-floor muscle (PFM) exercises on Severity of pain after colorectal surgery. Materials and methods: this study is a randomized clinical trial; the statist...