Two and five year survival for colorectal cancer after resection with curative intent: A retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: Colorectal cancer is a major cause of illness, disability and death in the United Kingdom. The stage of disease at diagnosis has a major impact on survival rates. The aim of this study is to assess whether the survival rates of patients receiving curative treatment in our centre are comparable with national results published by Cancer Research UK, National Bowel Cancer Audit Annual Report 2016, and NCIN Colorectal Cancer Survival by Stage Data Briefing.

Caecal schwannoma: a rare cause of per rectal bleeding in a 72-year-old man.

The presence of per rectal (PR) bleeding in elderly people usually alerts us to the possibility of colonic malignancy, particularly if a concomitant altered bowel habit is present, without a history of the symptom. We present a case where the cause of PR bleeding turned out to be a caecal schwannoma. Caecal schwannoma is a rare tumour of the gastrointestinal tract of mesenchymal origin and diagnosis prior to radical surgical resection is difficult.

Rapidly reversible closure of mini-laparotomy during laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

Specimen extraction has been described as the "Achilles heel" of laparoscopic colonic surgery. In most cases, this extraction is performed via a tailored, appropriately placed mini-laparotomy incision. Immediate closure of this mini-laparotomy following specimen extraction wastes operative time and prevents the incision from being used for access later on in the procedure.