Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
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Letter Case Reports
Gabapentin therapy for chronic proctalgia following stapled haemorrhoidopexy.
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Review Meta Analysis
Lifestyle factors and colorectal cancer risk (1): systematic review and meta-analysis of associations with body mass index.
Excess body weight, defined by body mass index (BMI), may increase the risk of colorectal cancer. As a prerequisite to the determination of lifestyle attributable risks, we undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies to quantify colorectal cancer risk associated with increased BMI and explore for differences by gender, sub-site and study characteristics. ⋯ Increasing BMI is associated with a modest increased risk of developing colon and rectal cancers, but this modest risk may translate to large attributable proportions in high-prevalence obese populations. Inter-gender differences point to potentially important mechanistic differences, which merit further research.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Comparative study to determine the need for intraoperative colonic irrigation for primary anastomosis in left-sided colonic emergencies.
To compare the outcome of resection and primary anastomoses in patients undergoing emergency surgery of the left colon with and without intraoperative colonic irrigation. ⋯ The present findings indicate that resection and primary anastomosis in patients undergoing emergency surgery of the left colon can be safely performed without intraoperative colonic irrigation.