1. Estrogen and its role in gastrointestinal health and disease

   • Aisling M. Hogan
   • Danielle Collins
   • Des C. Winter

   Review 05 August 2009 Pages: 1367 - 1375

2. Sacral neuromodulation for the treatment of fecal incontinence and urinary incontinence in female patients: long-term follow-up

   • Galal El-Gazzaz
   • Massarat Zutshi
   • Tracy Hull

   Original Article 02 June 2009 Pages: 1377 - 1381

3. New approach to large haemorrhoidal prolapse: double stapled haemorrhoidopexy

   • Gabriele Naldini
   • Jacopo Martellucci
   • Mauro Rossi

   Original Article 23 June 2009 Pages: 1383 - 1387

   

4. Haemorrhoids are related to changes of cell function in mucosa and submucosa

   • Christian Klink
   • Marcel Binnebösel
   • Volker Schumpelick

   Original Article 10 July 2009 Pages: 1389 - 1394

   

5. Anal pressure in experimental diabetes

   • Juliana Tieppo
   • Nélson A. Kretzmann Filho
   • Norma Possa Marroni

   Original Article 23 June 2009 Pages: 1395 - 1399

   

6. Treatment of grade III and IV haemorrhoidal disease with PPH or THD. A randomized trial on postoperative complications and short-term results

   • Sebastiaan Festen
   • M. J. van Hoogstraten
   • M. F. Gerhards

   Original Article 02 October 2009 Pages: 1401 - 1405

7. The effect of autonomous neuropathy on bowel preparation in type 2 diabetes mellitus

   • Nevin Akcaer Ozturk
   • Huseyin Savas Gokturk
   • Ugur Yilmaz

   Original Article 07 July 2009 Pages: 1407 - 1412

8. Comparative study of conventional colonoscopy, magnifying chromoendoscopy, and magnifying narrow-band imaging systems in the differential diagnosis of small colonic polyps between trainee and experienced endoscopist

   • Chun-Chao Chang
   • Ching-Ruey Hsieh
   • Yuan-Hung Wang

   Original Article 15 July 2009 Pages: 1413 - 1419

   

9. Anal cancer treated with radio-chemotherapy: correlation between length of treatment interruption and outcome

   • Stefan Janssen
   • Jürgen Meier zu Eissen
   • Andreas Meyer

   Original Article 01 August 2009 Pages: 1421 - 1428

   

10. Transvaginal rectal repair: a new treatment option for symptomatic rectocele?

    • Thilo Schwandner
    • Michael H. Roblick
    • Markus Hirschburger

    Original Article 11 August 2009 Pages: 1429 - 1434

    

11. The effect of peri-stomal infiltration with bupivacaine/epinephrine on post-operative pain, nausea and ease of surgery in reversal of loop ileostomies

    • Kawan Shalli
    • C. Watson
    • Angus Macdonald

    Original Article 14 August 2009 Pages: 1435 - 1439

    

12. Clinicopathologic features and endoscopic mucosal resection of laterally spreading tumors: experience from China

    • Yinglong Huang
    • Side Liu
    • Bo Jiang

    Original Article 18 June 2009 Pages: 1441 - 1450

    

13. Influence of anemia on tumor response to preoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer

    • Seong Dae Lee
    • Ji Won Park
    • Jae Hwan Oh

    Original Article 07 July 2009 Pages: 1451 - 1458

    

14. Predicting post-operative mortality in patients undergoing colorectal surgery using P-POSSUM and CR-POSSUM scores: a prospective study

    • Edmund Leung
    • Ali M. Ferjani
    • Ling S. Wong

    Original Article 30 July 2009 Pages: 1459 - 1464

15. Laparoscopic surgery in rectal cancer: a retrospective analysis

    • Pham Nhu Hiep
    • Pham Anh Vu
    • Ho Huu Thien

    Original Article 20 August 2009 Pages: 1465 - 1469

16. A case of infarction of small bowel caused by thrombophilia secondary to hyperhomocysteinaemia

    • Eriberto Farinella
    • Francesco La Mura
    • Francesco Sciannameo

    Letter to the Editor 19 May 2009 Pages: 1471 - 1473

17. Ileostomy adenocarcinoma associated with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP): new problem in old disease

    • Santosh Shenoy
    • Riaz Cassim

    Letter to the Editor 02 June 2009 Pages: 1475 - 1476

18. Risk scoring systems in colorectal surgery—future factors

    • Aninda Chandra
    • Tarun Singhal
    • Sudhakar Mangam

    Letter to the Editor 30 May 2009 Pages: 1477 - 1477

19. Oestrogen receptor signalling and colorectal cancer

    • A. M. Hogan
    • D. C. Winter

    Letter to the Editor 29 May 2009 Pages: 1479 - 1479

20. Metachronous multiple carcinomas arising at a colostomy site 18 years after abdominoperineal resection

    • Norihiro Okamoto

    Letter to the Editor 19 June 2009 Pages: 1481 - 1481

21. Pyoderma gangrenosum after abdominal surgery—a rare but none the less necessary differential diagnosis

    • Georg F. Weber
    • Martin Mempel
    • Helmut Friess

    Letter to the Editor 15 July 2009 Pages: 1483 - 1485

22. Ileal pouch adenocarcinoma after proctocolectomy for familial adenomatous polyposis

    • Masahiro Tajika
    • Tuneya Nakamura
    • Kenji Yamao

    Letter to the Editor 21 July 2009 Pages: 1487 - 1489