Correction to: Prevalence of anal symptoms in general practice: a prospective study.

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error to one of the 'study groups' in the authorship section.

Elaboration and validation of Crohn's disease anoperineal lesions consensual definitions.

Aim: To establish consensual definitions of anoperineal lesions of Crohn's (APLOC) disease and assess interobserver agreement on their diagnosis between experts.

Methods: A database of digitally recorded pictures of APLOC was examined by a coordinating group who selected two series of 20 pictures illustrating the various aspects of APLOC. A reading group comprised: eight experts from the Société Nationale Française de Colo Proctologie group of study and research in proctology and one academic dermatologist.

Prevalence of anal symptoms in general practice: a prospective study.

Background: Anal disorders are largely underestimated in general practice. Studies have shown patients conceal anal symptoms leading to late diagnosis and treatment. Management by general practitioners is poorly described.

[Medical treatment of haemorrhoidal disease].

Usually, medical treatment alone is indicated as first treatment. It is estimated that only 10% of patients will need surgical treatment. Classical recommendations toward suppression of spices, alcohol, tobacco, and coffee.

[Proliferating trichilemmal tumor of the ischiorectal fossa].

Proliferating trichilemmal tumor (PTT) is rare and follows a protracted course, almost always benign. Nevertheless an adverse outcome may occur. Usually PTT presents as an indolent mass in the scalp of elderly women.

Fibrin glue is effective healing perianal fistulas in patients with Crohn's disease.

Background & Aims: Fibrin glue is a therapeutic for fistulas that activates thrombin to form a fibrin clot, which mechanically seals the fistula tract. We assessed the efficacy and safety of a heterologous fibrin glue that was injected into the fistula tracts of patients with Crohn's disease (ClinicalTrials.gov No.

Is routine pathologic evaluation of hemorrhoidectomy specimens necessary?

Aim: To confirm that systematic histological study of hemorrhoidectomy specimens is useless, as is proposed by the French Society of Coloproctology (Société Nationale Française de Colo-Proctologie) under the sponsorship of the French National Health Accreditation and Evaluation Agency (Agence Nationale d'Accréditation et d'Evaluation en Santé).

Methods: Retrospective histological analysis of hemorrhoidectomy specimens obtained in a coloproctology unit between January 1, 1985 and December 31, 2001.

Results: We found 56 histological abnormalities (0.