Background: Restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) has
become an established surgery for patients with chronic ulcerative colitis and familial …

Background: Despite improvement in surgical techniques and stapling devices during the last
10 years, colorectal anastomoses are still prone to leakage. The purpose of this study was …

The authors identified 132 patients who died with a documented diagnosis of familial
adenomatous polyposis (FAP). A review of the medical records, autopsy reports, and in-depth …

Objective To evaluate prospectively long-term quality of life and functional outcome after
restorative proctocolectomy (RPC) with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, and to evaluate and …

Objective The authors assess the effect of surgical margin width on recurrence rates after
intestinal resection for Crohn's Disease (CD). Background The optimal width of margins when …

Objective: This study evaluates factors associated with a pathologic complete response (pCR)
after neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer. Summary Background Data: …

Background: The technical aspects of surgery of the upper rectum (10 to 15 cm from the anal
verge) and sigmoid colon are similar, but a change in technique is required for surgery of …

Objective To evaluate how age affects functional outcome and quality of life after ileal pouch
anal anastomosis (IPAA). Summary Background Data Because of the limited number of …

Purpose These studies were conducted to determine the relationship between quantitative
tumor gene expression and risk of cancer recurrence in patients with stage II or III colon …

… Woods RJ, Lavery IC, Fazio VW, Jagelman DG, Weakley FL. Internal … Lavery: The Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, Department of Colorectal Surgery, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio …