Volume 40(1); 2024 Feb

Editorial

To go high, or to go low: the never-ending debate of inferior mesenteric artery ligation

HyungJoo Baik

Ann Coloproctol. 2024 Feb; 40(1): 1–2. Published online 2024 Feb 8. doi: 10.3393/ac.2024.00094.0013

PMCID:: PMC10915534

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Reviews

Benign Bowel Disease

Multimodal prerehabilitation for elderly patients with sarcopenia in colorectal surgery

Jingting Wu, Hannah Chi, Shawn Kok, Jason M.W. Chua, Xi-Xiao Huang, Shipin Zhang, Shimin Mah, Li-Xin Foo, Hui-Yee Peh, Hui-Bing Lee, Phoebe Tay, Cherie Tong, Jasmine Ladlad, Cheryl H.M. Tan, Nathanelle Khoo, Darius Aw, Cheryl X.Z. Chong, Leonard M.L. Ho, Sharmini S. Sivarajah, Jialin Ng, Winson J.H. Tan, Fung-Joon Foo, Bin-Tean Teh, Frederick H. Koh

Ann Coloproctol. 2024 Feb; 40(1): 3–12. Published online 2023 Mar 31. doi: 10.3393/ac.2022.01207.0172

PMCID:: PMC10915526

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Colorectal Cancer

Performance reporting design in artificial intelligence studies using image-based TNM staging and prognostic parameters in rectal cancer: a systematic review

Minsung Kim, Taeyong Park, Bo Young Oh, Min Jeong Kim, Bum-Joo Cho, Il Tae Son

Ann Coloproctol. 2024 Feb; 40(1): 13–26. Published online 2024 Feb 28. doi: 10.3393/ac.2023.00892.0127

PMCID:: PMC10915525

Article PDF–1.1M

Original Articles

Colorectal Cancer

Long-term bowel functional outcomes following anal sphincter-preserving surgery for upper and middle rectal cancer: a single-center longitudinal study

Ahmad Sakr, Seung Yoon Yang, Min Soo Cho, Hyuk Hur, Byung Soh Min, Kang Young Lee, Nam Kyu Kim

Ann Coloproctol. 2024 Feb; 40(1): 27–35. Published online 2024 Feb 28. doi: 10.3393/ac.2022.01067.0152

PMCID:: PMC10915532

Article PDF–414K

Benign Bowel Disease

Development of a home health care service platform for ostomy patient management

Seongwoo Yang, Ji Won Park, Hyuk Hur, Min Jung Kim, Seung-Yong Jeong, Kyounghoon Park, Ik Yong Kim

Ann Coloproctol. 2024 Feb; 40(1): 36–43. Published online 2022 Nov 21. doi: 10.3393/ac.2022.00360.0051

PMCID:: PMC10915528

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Minimally Invasive Surgery

Learning curve for single-port robot-assisted colectomy

Moon Suk Choi, Seong Hyeon Yun, Sung Chul Lee, Jung Kyong Shin, Yoon Ah Park, Jungwook Huh, Yong Beom Cho, Hee Cheol Kim, Woo Yong Lee

Ann Coloproctol. 2024 Feb; 40(1): 44–51. Published online 2022 Dec 20. doi: 10.3393/ac.2022.00745.0106

PMCID:: PMC10915530

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Anorectal Benign Disease

Laser hemorrhoidoplasty in the treatment of symptomatic hemorrhoids: a pilot Australian study

Anshini Jain, Chen Lew, Gamze Aksakal, Richard Hiscock, Naseem Mirbagheri

Ann Coloproctol. 2024 Feb; 40(1): 52–61. Published online 2022 May 19. doi: 10.3393/ac.2022.00164.0023

PMCID:: PMC10915529

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Colorectal Cancer

Long-term clinical outcomes after high and low ligations with lymph node dissection around the root of the inferior mesenteric artery in patients with rectal cancer

Min Wan Lee, Sung Sil Park, Kiho You, Dong Eun Lee, Dong Woon Lee, Sung Chan Park, Kyung Su Han, Dae Kyung Sohn, Chang Won Hong, Bun Kim, Byung Chang Kim, Hee Jin Chang, Dae Yong Kim, Jae Hwan Oh

Ann Coloproctol. 2024 Feb; 40(1): 62–73. Published online 2024 Feb 26. doi: 10.3393/ac.2023.00094.0013