Colon and Rectal
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Less may be more in postop colorectal cancer follow-up
Major finding: The risk of recurrence after surgical treatment with curative intent was about three times higher with intensive carcinoembryonic...
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Benefits of laparoscopic over open colectomy decrease with operative time
Major Finding: The rates of complications and death postoperatively were lower with the laparoscopic approach if the operation lasted 3 hours or...
Conference Coverage
Risk-based strategy bests drug therapy after Crohn's surgery
Major finding: 49% vs. 67% 18-month recurrence rates for risk-based vs. standard drug therapy.Data source: Data from 174 adults in the randomized...
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Mechanical bowel prep may up cancer-specific survival after CRC resection
Major finding: Patients who had mechanical bowel preparation before surgery had a higher actuarial 5-year rate of cancer-specific survival (90% vs...
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Anti-TNFs for ulcerative colitis up sepsis risk after some proctocolectomies
Major finding: Preoperative anti-TNF therapy increased the risk of sepsis after initial total proctocolectomy with ileoanal pouch–anal anastomosis...
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Colon cancer screening in African Americans
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Completion study key after incomplete colonoscopy
Major finding: Overall, 12% of the patients were found to have clinically significant lesions when they underwent completion studies. Data source...
Conference Coverage
Mobile app guides patients through precolonoscopy bowel prep
Major finding: Bowel prep scores were significantly better for app users (8.19) than for those who had smartphones (6.92) but did not use the app...
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Elevated glucose after colorectal surgery spells trouble
Major finding: Mild hyperglycemia occurring within 48 hours after major colorectal surgery in nondiabetic patients was independently associated...
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Study questions value of Surgical Care Improvement Project quality measure
Major Finding: Intraoperative temperatures in patients undergoing major colorectal surgery proved unrelated to surgical site infection risk.Data...
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Radical resection trumps local excision in stage I CRC
Major Finding: Five-year overall survival in patients with stage I colorectal carcinoma treated via local excision was 68.4% compared to 75.2%...