Sarcopenia and visceral fat in patients with incisional hernia after urgent laparotomy.

Purpose: Various risk factors have been associated with the development of incisional hernia (IH). Some recent papers underlined that visceral fat could be a reliable indicator. Another risk factor which is of increasing clinical interest is sarcopenia.

Proctological disorders: psychometrics assessment of personality features and clinical evaluation.

Patients with gastrointestinal diseases have been shown to report greater stress, anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive characteristics. The aim of our study is to investigate personality characteristics and general distress of adult patients suffering from common coloproctological conditions. We conducted a retrospective observational study including patients aged 18 years or older, with diagnosis of haemorrhoidal disease (HD group) or anal fissure (AF group).