Volume 27, Issue 9, September 2012

ISSN: 0179-1958 (Print) 1432-1262 (Online)

In this issue (19 articles)

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    Review

    Systematic review of medical therapy to prevent recurrent diverticulitis

    Çagdas Ünlü, Lidewine Daniels… Pages 1131-1136
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  2. Original Article

    Hypertension and concomitant arteriosclerotic diseases are risk factors for colonic diverticular bleeding: a case–control study

    Ryota Niikura, Naoyoshi Nagata… Pages 1137-1143
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    Endoscopic evaluation of the colon after an episode of diverticulitis: a call for a more selective approach

    Bryan J. M. van de Wall… Pages 1145-1150
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    Clinical features of symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease: a multicenter Italian survey

    Bruno Annibale, Edith Lahner… Pages 1151-1159
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    The association between arteriosclerosis related diseases and diverticular bleeding

    Tomoko Okamoto, Hirotsugu Watabe… Pages 1161-1166
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    Microscopic colitis in patients with chronic diarrhea and normal colonoscopic findings in Southern China

    Hong-Xiang Gu, Fa-Chao Zhi, Ying Huang… Pages 1167-1173
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    A rapid lactate dehydrogenase histochemical method for the intraoperative assessment of Hirschsprung's disease

    Ning Li, Lei Xiang, Xiaojuan Wu, Jixin Yang… Pages 1175-1180
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    Preponderance of inhibitory versus excitatory intramuscular nerve fibres in human chagasic megacolon

    Samir Jabari, Alexandre B. M. da Silveira… Pages 1181-1189
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  9. Original Article

    A prospective non-randomized two-centre study of patients with passive faecal incontinence after birth trauma and patients with soiling after anal surgery, treated by elastomer implants versus rectal irrigation

    S. J. van der Hagen, W. van der Meer… Pages 1191-1198
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    Normative values in anorectal manometry using microtip technology: A cohort study in 172 subjects

    Jochen Schuld, Otto Kollmar… Pages 1199-1205
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    Assessment of the role of aptitude in the acquisition of advanced laparoscopic surgical skill sets

    Emmeline Nugent, Hazem Hseino, Emily Boyle… Pages 1207-1214
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    Laparoscopic resection for sigmoid and rectosigmoid colon cancer performed by trainees: impact on short-term outcomes and selection of suitable patients

    Satoshi Ogiso, Takashi Yamaguchi… Pages 1215-1222
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    Ring drape do not protect against surgical site infections in colorectal surgery: a randomised controlled study

    Peter Baier, Marina Kiesel, Carolin Kayser… Pages 1223-1228
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    A comparative evaluation of ablations produced by high-frequency coagulation-, argon plasma coagulation-, and cryotherapy devices in porcine liver

    J. Sperling, C. Ziemann, J. Schuld… Pages 1229-1235
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  15. Letter to the Editor

    Diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein and white blood cell counts in the early detection of infectious complications after colorectal surgery

    Pablo Ortega-Deballon, Olivier Facy… Page 1237
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    Letter to the Editor

    Endoscopic transluminal abscess drainage for Hinchey II colonic diverticulitis

    Chihiro Kosugi, Keiji Koda, Hideki Yasuda… Pages 1239-1240
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    Letter to the Editor

    An unusual case of a retrorectal neuroendocrine tumor with high- and low-grade differentiation

    Birgit Harbeck, Martin Anlauf… Pages 1241-1242
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    Letter to the Editor

    The use of computed tomographic colonography in predicting the difficulty of endoscopic treatment for large protruding neoplasms

    Taku Sakamoto, Mototaka Miyake… Pages 1243-1244
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    Letter to the Editor

    Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome I) in a 15-year-old male

    F. de la Portilla, I. Ramallo, S. Pardo… Pages 1245-1246
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