1. Laparoscopic lavage is superior to colon resection for perforated purulent diverticulitis—a meta-analysis

   • Eva Angenete
   • David Bock
   • Eva Haglind

   Review Open access 27 August 2016 Pages: 163 - 169

   

2. Combining aneuploidy and dysplasia for colitis’ cancer risk assessment outperforms current surveillance efficiency: a meta-analysis

   • Rüdiger Meyer
   • Sandra Freitag-Wolf
   • Jens K. Habermann

   Original Article 20 October 2016 Pages: 171 - 182

   

3. Case-control study of candidate gene methylation and adenomatous polyp formation

   • M. Alexander
   • J. B. Burch
   • J. R. Hébert

   Original Article 22 October 2016 Pages: 183 - 192

   

4. Post-operative morbidity, but not mortality, is worsened by operative delay in septic diverticulitis

   • Anthony B. Mozer
   • Konstantinos Spaniolas
   • Kevin R. Kasten

   Original Article 04 November 2016 Pages: 193 - 199

5. Evaluation of lymph flow patterns in splenic flexural colon cancers using laparoscopic real-time indocyanine green fluorescence imaging

   • Jun Watanabe
   • Mitsuyoshi Ota
   • Kaoru Nagahori

   Original Article 01 October 2016 Pages: 201 - 207

   

6. Impact of perioperative hypoglycaemia in subjects with diabetes undergoing colorectal surgery

   • Si Ning Serene Goh
   • Ester Yeoh
   • Kok Yang Tan

   Original Article 18 November 2016 Pages: 209 - 214

7. Enhanced recovery ERAS for elderly: a safe and beneficial pathway in colorectal surgery

   • J. Slieker
   • P. Frauche
   • M. Hübner

   Original Article 21 October 2016 Pages: 215 - 221

   

8. Preoperative anaemia and perioperative red blood cell transfusion as prognostic factors for recurrence and mortality in colorectal cancer—a Swedish cohort study

   • Malin E. M. Mörner
   • Gustaf Edgren
   • Monika Egenvall

   Original Article Open access 21 October 2016 Pages: 223 - 232

   

9. Single center cost analysis of single-port and conventional laparoscopic surgical treatment in colorectal malignant diseases

   • Yoen T.K. van der Linden
   • Johannes A. Govaert
   • Hubert A. Prins

   Original Article 27 October 2016 Pages: 233 - 239

10. Urogenital function in robotic vs laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery: a comparative study

    • Sofoklis Panteleimonitis
    • Jamil Ahmed
    • Amjad Parvaiz

    Original Article Open access 21 October 2016 Pages: 241 - 248

    

11. Combined robotic transanal total mesorectal excision (R-taTME) and single-site plus one-port (R-SSPO) technique for ultra-low rectal surgery—initial experience with a new operation approach

    • Li-Jen Kuo
    • James Chi-Yong Ngu
    • Chia-Che Chen

    Original Article 15 October 2016 Pages: 249 - 254

    

12. Pathologic response grade after long-course neoadjuvant chemoradiation does not influence morbidity in locally advanced mid-low rectal cancer resected by laparoscopy

    • Filippo Landi
    • Eloy Espín
    • Nicola de’Angelis

    Original Article 19 October 2016 Pages: 255 - 264

    

13. Analysis of local recurrences after transanal endoscopic microsurgery for low risk rectal carcinoma

    • Theodor Junginger
    • Ursula Goenner
    • Daniel Wollschlaeger

    Original Article 25 November 2016 Pages: 265 - 271

    

14. Laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy—a propensity score-matched analysis from the German StuDoQ|Pancreas registry

    • Ulrich Friedrich Wellner
    • Hryhoriy Lapshyn
    • The StuDoQ Pancreas study group and members of StuDoQ|Pancreas registry of the German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV)

    Original Article 04 November 2016 Pages: 273 - 280

15. Ileal pouch–anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis: a Canadian institution’s experience

    • E. Zittan
    • Grace W. Ma
    • Z. Cohen

    Original Article 04 October 2016 Pages: 281 - 285

16. Insulated-tip knife endoscopic polypectomy for difficult pedunculated colorectal polyps: a prospective pilot study

    • Lianjun Ma
    • Yaqi Zhai
    • Enqiang Linghu

    Short Communication 16 December 2016 Pages: 287 - 290

    

17. Impact of incisional negative pressure wound therapy on perineal wound healing after abdominoperineal rectum extirpation

    • Armin Wiegering
    • Ulrich A. Dietz
    • Katica Krajinovic

    Short Communication 14 November 2016 Pages: 291 - 293