Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early outcomes after colorectal cancer surgery.

This study aimed to identify whether changes to service made during the COVID-19 pandemic have had an impact on postoperative tumour histopathological grading and, therefore, prognosis. There was a significant increase in time between initial referral and surgery during the first and second waves compared with before the pandemic. However, despite the delay from initial referral to surgery, histology of the surgical specimens showed no significant difference between any of the three groups.

Curative colorectal resections in patients aged 80 years and older: clinical characteristics, morbidity, mortality and risk factors.

Background: The management of colorectal cancer in the elderly presents unique challenges. The objective of this study was to determine outcomes following curative colorectal resection in patients aged 80 years and older.

Patients And Methods: Study design is retrospective.

Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula: a rare presentation of gallstones.

Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula, one of the rarest complications of acute cholecystitis, has been reported in fewer than 25 cases over the past 50 years. Not only is this case rare but interestingly the patient experienced no pain or symptoms consistent with gallbladder pathology leading up to her hospitalisation. Furthermore, laboratory studies, microbiology and computed tomography scanning did not establish a diagnosis until the fistula passed calculi.