1. Conversion during laparoscopic colorectal resections: a complication or a drawback? A systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes

   • Mariano Cesare Giglio
   • Valerio Celentano
   • Luigi Bucci

   Review 21 July 2015 Pages: 1445 - 1455

   

2. Laparoscopic right colectomy reduces short-term mortality and morbidity. Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Alberto Arezzo
   • Roberto Passera
   • Mario Morino

   Review 04 July 2015 Pages: 1457 - 1472

   

3. Does an enhanced recovery programme add value to laparoscopic colorectal resections?

   • P. K. Dhruva Rao
   • S. Howells
   • P. N. Haray

   Original Article 19 July 2015 Pages: 1473 - 1477

4. Laparoscopic resection with natural orifice specimen extraction versus conventional laparoscopy for colorectal disease: a meta-analysis

   • Bin Ma
   • Xuan-zhang Huang
   • Zhen-ning Wang

   Original Article 04 August 2015 Pages: 1479 - 1488

   

5. Risk of readmission after laparoscopic vs. open colorectal surgery

   • Iyare O. Esemuede
   • Alodia Gabre-Kidan
   • Ravi P. Kiran

   Original Article 13 August 2015 Pages: 1489 - 1494

6. Surgical outcomes and prognostic factors of emergency surgery for colonic perforation: would fecal contamination increase morbidity and mortality?

   • Eon Chul Han
   • Seung-Bum Ryoo
   • Kyu Joo Park

   Original Article 10 July 2015 Pages: 1495 - 1504

7. Treatment of perforated colon carcinomas—outcomes of radical surgery

   • M. Daniels
   • S. Merkel
   • W. Hohenberger

   Original Article 07 August 2015 Pages: 1505 - 1513

   

8. Postoperative hyperglycemia and adverse outcomes in patients undergoing colorectal surgery: results from the Michigan surgical quality collaborative database

   • Sathish Mohan
   • Christodoulos Kaoutzanis
   • Robert K. Cleary

   Original Article 23 July 2015 Pages: 1515 - 1523

9. Anastomotic leak in colorectal surgery: are 75 % preventable?

   • Hodjat Shekarriz
   • Janina Eigenwald
   • Henning Wittenburg

   Original Article 29 August 2015 Pages: 1525 - 1531

   

10. The types of anastomotic leakage that develop following anterior resection for rectal cancer demonstrate distinct characteristics and oncologic outcomes

    • Seok-Byung Lim
    • Chang Sik Yu
    • Jin Cheon Kim

    Original Article 12 August 2015 Pages: 1533 - 1540

    

11. Clinical relevance of morphologic MRI criteria for the assessment of lymph nodes in patients with rectal cancer

    • Fabian Doyon
    • Ulrike I. Attenberger
    • Peter Kienle

    Original Article 11 August 2015 Pages: 1541 - 1546

    

12. Urinary and sexual dysfunction rates and risk factors following rectal cancer surgery

    • Eyup Duran
    • Mustafa Tanriseven
    • Sezai Demirbas

    Original Article 13 August 2015 Pages: 1547 - 1555

13. Association of dialysis with adverse postoperative outcomes in colorectal cancer—an analysis of ACS-NSQIP

    • Wan-Hsiang Hu
    • Luis Carlos Cajas-Monson
    • Sonia Ramamoorthy

    Original Article 05 August 2015 Pages: 1557 - 1562

14. Persistent perineal morbidity is common following abdominoperineal excision for rectal cancer

    • Dan Asplund
    • Mattias Prytz
    • Eva Angenete

    Original Article Open access 06 August 2015 Pages: 1563 - 1570

    

15. Influence of gentamicin-coded PVDF suture material on the healing of intestinal anastomosis in a rat model

    • Dominik S. Schoeb
    • Christian D. Klink
    • Marcel Binnebösel

    Original Article 12 August 2015 Pages: 1571 - 1580

    

16. Endoscopic follow-up after surgery for colorectal cancer

    • R. J. L. F. Loffeld

    Original Article 09 July 2015 Pages: 1581 - 1584

17. Recurrent, spontaneous, postoperative small bowel perforations caused by invasive candidiasis

    • Gaetano Luglio
    • Giovanni Domenico De Palma
    • Luigi Bucci

    Letter to the Editor 04 March 2015 Pages: 1585 - 1586

18. Nicorandil, an unusual ulcer etiology

    • Isa Santos
    • Paulo Fernandes
    • José Mendes Almeida

    Letter to the Editor 04 March 2015 Pages: 1587 - 1588

19. Perianal Crohn’s disease and fistula-associated carcinoma: challenges in diagnosis

    • Arianna Zefelippo
    • Stefano Costa
    • Ettore Contessini-Avesani

    Letter to the Editor 03 February 2015 Pages: 1589 - 1591

20. Acute appendicitis from the shadows of Lemierre disease

    • Diwakar Ryali Sarma
    • Mubashir Mulla
    • Ioannis Panagopoulos

    Letter to the Editor 10 February 2015 Pages: 1593 - 1594