1. Low anterior resection syndrome: can it be prevented?

   • Alfredo Annicchiarico
   • Jacopo Martellucci
   • Paolo Prosperi

   Review 19 August 2021 Pages: 2535 - 2552

   

2. Post-hemorrhoidectomy pain: can surgeons reduce it? A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized trials

   • Zutoia Balciscueta
   • Izaskun Balciscueta
   • Natalia Uribe

   Review 20 August 2021 Pages: 2553 - 2566

   

3. Ovarian metastases from colorectal cancer in young women: a systematic review of the literature

   • Richard van der Meer
   • Checca Bakkers
   • Rudi Roumen

   Review 25 August 2021 Pages: 2567 - 2575

   

4. Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors use and risk of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula
   • Wubshet Tesfaye
   • Kota Vidyasagar

   Review 10 September 2021 Pages: 2577 - 2584

   

5. A meta-analysis of low Hartmann’s procedure versus abdominoperineal resection for non-restorative treatment of rectal cancer

   • Nasir Zaheer Ahmad
   • Muhammad Azam
   • John Calvin Coffey

   Original Article 17 July 2021 Pages: 2585 - 2598

   

6. New-onset depression after colorectal cancer diagnosis: a population-based longitudinal study

   • Simcha Weissman
   • Sara Ghoneim
   • Joseph D. Feuerstein

   Original Article 17 July 2021 Pages: 2599 - 2602

7. Type of recurrence is associated with disease-free survival after salvage surgery for locally recurrent rectal cancer

   • Rosa M. Jimenez-Rodriguez
   • Jonathan B. Yuval
   • J. Joshua Smith

   Original Article 22 July 2021 Pages: 2603 - 2611

   

8. Can MRI pelvimetry predict the technical difficulty of laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery?

   • Jonathan S. Y. Hong
   • Marie Shella De Robles
   • Michael J. Solomon

   Original Article 02 August 2021 Pages: 2613 - 2620

   

9. Pre-emptive oral clarithromycin reduces the skin toxicity of panitumumab treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer

   • Ken Nakata
   • Takamichi Komori
   • Multicenter Clinical Study Group of Osaka, Colorectal Cancer Treatment Group (MCSGO)

   Original Article 03 August 2021 Pages: 2621 - 2627

   

10. Readmission, healthcare consumption, and mortality in Clostridioides difficile infection hospitalizations: a nationwide cohort study

    • Sachit Sharma
    • Simcha Weissman
    • James H. Tabibian

    Original Article 07 August 2021 Pages: 2629 - 2635

    

11. Multicenter phase II clinical study of the efficiency and safety of capecitabine plus intermittent oxaliplatin with bevacizumab as first-line therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (VOICE trial)

    • Chihiro Kosugi
    • Keiji Koda
    • Hisahiro Matsubara

    Original Article 09 August 2021 Pages: 2637 - 2647

    

12. Re-evaluation of controversial issues in the treatment of cT3N0-2 rectal cancer: a 10-year cohort analysis using propensity-score matching

    • Jin Cheon Kim
    • Chang Sik Yu
    • Tae Won Kim

    Original Article 16 August 2021 Pages: 2649 - 2659

    

13. Further research on the clinical relevance of the ulcerative colitis colonoscopic index of severity for predicting 5-year relapse

    • Natsuki Ishida
    • Shunya Onoue
    • Ken Sugimoto

    Original Article Open access 18 August 2021 Pages: 2661 - 2670

    

14. Three distinct outcomes in patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma and lymphovascular invasion: the good, the bad, and the ugly

    • Giorgio Bianchi
    • Alfredo Annicchiarico
    • Renato Costi

    Original Article Open access 21 August 2021 Pages: 2671 - 2681

    

15. Survival rates and prognostic factors in right- and left-sided colon cancer stage I–IV: an unselected retrospective single-center trial

    • Claudius E. Degro
    • Richard Strozynski
    • Carsten Kamphues

    Original Article Open access 26 August 2021 Pages: 2683 - 2696

    

16. Risk factors for developing anorectal dysfunction after anterior resection

    • Kevin Afshari
    • Kenneth Smedh
    • Maziar Nikberg

    Original Article Open access 02 September 2021 Pages: 2697 - 2705

    

17. Management, treatment and prognostic significance of lateral lymph node metastases in rectal cancer—a regional cohort study

    • E. Agger
    • V. Åkerlund
    • P. Buchwald

    Original Article Open access 06 September 2021 Pages: 2707 - 2714

    

18. Concurrent use of statins and neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Tyler McKechnie
    • Gaurav Talwar
    • Cagla Eskicioglu

    Original Article 09 September 2021 Pages: 2715 - 2727

    

19. Tumour-stroma ratio outperforms tumour budding as biomarker in colon cancer: a cohort study

    • Marloes A. Smit
    • Gabi W. van Pelt
    • J. Han J. M. van Krieken

    Original Article Open access 17 September 2021 Pages: 2729 - 2737

    

20. Surgical management of splenic flexure colon cancer: a retrospective propensity-matched study comparing open and minimally invasive approaches using the national cancer database

    • Michael L. Horsey
    • Andrew D. Sparks
    • Vincent Obias

    Original Article 18 September 2021 Pages: 2739 - 2747

    

21. Robotic versus transanal total mesorectal excision in sexual, anorectal, and urinary function: a multicenter, prospective, observational study

    • Julia-Kristin Grass
    • Roberto Persiani
    • Daniel Perez

    Original Article Open access 18 September 2021 Pages: 2749 - 2761

    

22. Study protocol: a multicenter randomized controlled trial of the multifaceted workload reduction of the anti-adhesion barrier for diverting ileostomy in laparoscopic rectal surgery, YCOG 2005 (ADOBARRIER study)

    • Hiroki Ohya
    • Jun Watanabe
    • Itaru Endo

    Clinical Study Protocol 20 September 2021 Pages: 2763 - 2768

    

23. Colon ischemia in patients with severe COVID-19: a single-center retrospective cohort study of 20 patients

    • Cui Yang
    • Priska Hakenberg
    • Julia Hardt

    Short Communication 29 July 2021 Pages: 2769 - 2773

24. Short-, long-, and very long-term results of secondary anterior sphincteroplasty in 20 patients with obstetric injury

    • Helene Marie Haug
    • Erik Carlsen
    • Egil Johnson

    Short Communication Open access 16 September 2021 Pages: 2775 - 2778

    

25. Correction to: Complex microsurgical perineal reconstruction after resection of a giant verrucous carcinoma associated with anal fistulas in Crohn’s disease—a unique case report

    • Denis Ehrl
    • Markus Rentsch
    • Nikolaus Wachtel

    Correction Open access 30 October 2021 Pages: 2779 - 2779