Risk factors and inflammatory predictors for Anastomotic Leakage following Total Mesorectal Excision with defunctioning stoma.

Background: This study aims to examine the factors involved in anastomotic leak (AL) following low anterior resection and total mesorectal excision (LAR-TME) and to determine the usefulness of early measurement of the inflammatory biomarkers C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Procalcitonin (PCT).

Methods: One hundred patients undergoing LAR-TME with a proximal diverting stoma were analyzed between 2013 and 2016. Postoperative CRP and PCT levels were measured on the 3rd and the 6th postoperative days.

Risk factors for postoperative ileus after colorectal cancer surgery.

Aim: To assess the rate and independent risk factors of postoperative ileus (POI) after colorectal cancer surgery.

Methods: Three hundred consecutive patients underwent colorectal surgery for cancer at the State Scientific Centre of coloproctology, Moscow, Russia, between November 2015 and August 2016. POI was diagnosed as an absence of intestinal function for 72 hours or more after operation and confirmed by plain radiography.

[Rectosacropexy in rectal prolapse management].

Aim: To compare results of rectosacropexy and posterior-loop rectopexy in rectal prolapse management.

Material And Methods: Study included 122 patients operated for rectal prolapse for the period January 2007 to August 2014. Patients' age ranged from 19 to 85 years (mean 47.

[Colovesical fistula as a complication of diverticular disease].

The results of research on the clinical picture, features of manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with diverticular disease complicated by sigmovesical fistula are presented. The study included 31 patients (19 [61.3%] men, 12 [38.