Improved perioperative care is associated with improved long-term survival in colorectal cancer.

Purpose: To compare perioperative colorectal cancer care and survival in patient cohorts operated in 2005 and in 2010 in Lithuania.

Methods: Comparative observational cohort study was performed. The study was conducted in the three Lithuanian cancer hospitals.

The over-the-scope clipping system for treatment of chronic coloenteric fistula: a case report.

Anastomotic leak in colorectal surgery is not very unusual. The over-the-scope clipping (OTSC) system (Ovesco), which was originally developed to treat intestinal perforation and was tested with animals, might be the choice for the patient. We presented the case of a 63-year-old man with chronic coloenteric fistula.