1. Emergency resection versus bridge to surgery with stenting in patients with acute right-sided colonic obstruction: a systematic review focusing on mortality and morbidity rates

   • F. J. Amelung
   • H. W. L. de Beaufort
   • E. C. J. Consten

   Review 03 May 2015 Pages: 1147 - 1155

   

2. Surgical options for locally recurrent rectal cancer—review and update

   • A. Troja
   • N. El-Sourani
   • H. R. Raab

   Review 20 May 2015 Pages: 1157 - 1163

   

3. The preoperative platelet to lymphocyte ratio is a prognostic marker in patients with stage II colorectal cancer

   • Tsuyoshi Ozawa
   • Soichiro Ishihara
   • Toshiaki Watanabe

   Original Article 07 June 2015 Pages: 1165 - 1171

   

4. A prognostic analysis of 895 cases of stage III colon cancer in different colon subsites

   • Yan Zhang
   • Junli Ma
   • Shan Zeng

   Original Article 09 June 2015 Pages: 1173 - 1183

   

5. Factors affecting timing of closure and non-reversal of temporary ileostomies

   • M. F. Sier
   • L. van Gelder
   • R. J. Oostenbroek

   Original Article Open access 09 June 2015 Pages: 1185 - 1192

   

6. Comparison of oncologic outcomes of metastatic rectal cancer patients with or without neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

   • So Hyun Kim
   • Jae Hwang Kim
   • Sang Hun Jung

   Original Article 14 June 2015 Pages: 1193 - 1199

   

7. Influence of BMI on short-term surgical outcome after colorectal cancer surgery: a study based on the Swedish national quality registry

   • Per Hede
   • Marina Åkerblom Sörensson
   • Thomas Hallgren

   Original Article 16 June 2015 Pages: 1201 - 1207

   

8. Preoperative prediction of conversion from laparoscopic rectal resection to open surgery: a clinical study of conversion scoring of laparoscopic rectal resection to open surgery

   • Guang-Dong Zhang
   • Xu-Ting Zhi
   • Kai-Lei Wang

   Original Article 16 June 2015 Pages: 1209 - 1216

   

9. Prophylactic stoma mesh did not prevent parastomal hernias

   • Maziar Nikberg
   • Ingvar Sverrisson
   • Kenneth Smedh

   Original Article 23 June 2015 Pages: 1217 - 1222

10. Perioperative use of tamsulosin significantly decreases rates of urinary retention in men undergoing pelvic surgery

    • Vitaliy Poylin
    • Thomas Curran
    • Deborah Nagle

    Original Article 23 June 2015 Pages: 1223 - 1228

    

11. Outpatient, non-antibiotic management in acute uncomplicated diverticulitis: a prospective study

    • D. Isacson
    • A. Thorisson
    • A. Chabok

    Original Article 20 May 2015 Pages: 1229 - 1234

    

12. Erratum to: Outpatient, non-antibiotic management in acute uncomplicated diverticulitis: a prospective study

    • D. Isacson
    • A. Thorisson
    • A. Chabok

    Erratum 19 June 2015 Pages: 1235 - 1235

13. Transversus abdominis plane blockade in laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a double-blind randomized clinical trial

    • Stephen Ridley Smith
    • Brian Draganic
    • Rosemary Carroll

    Original Article 24 June 2015 Pages: 1237 - 1245

    

14. Surgical diverticulitis is not associated with defects in the expression of wound healing genes

    • Tara M. Connelly
    • Arthur S. Berg
    • Walter A. Koltun

    Original Article 24 May 2015 Pages: 1247 - 1254

    

15. Dietary fatty acid intakes are related to the risk of ulcerative colitis: a case–control study

    • Samaneh Rashvand
    • Mohammad Hossein Somi
    • Azita Hekmatdoost

    Original Article 16 May 2015 Pages: 1255 - 1260

16. Large bowel mucosal neoplasia in the original specimen may increase the risk of ileal pouch neoplasia in patients following restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis

    • Adam Bobkiewicz
    • Lukasz Krokowicz
    • Tomasz Banasiewicz

    Original Article Open access 29 May 2015 Pages: 1261 - 1266

    

17. Seasonal variation in onset and relapse of IBD and a model to predict the frequency of onset, relapse, and severity of IBD based on artificial neural network

    • Jiang Chen Peng
    • Zhi Hua Ran
    • Jun Shen

    Original Article 15 May 2015 Pages: 1267 - 1273

18. The impact of perianal disease in young patients with inflammatory bowel disease

    • Nathan P. Zwintscher
    • Puja M. Shah
    • Scott R. Steele

    Original Article 21 May 2015 Pages: 1275 - 1279

19. Use of the new Da Vinci Xi® during robotic rectal resection for cancer: technical considerations and early experience

    • Luca Morelli
    • Simone Guadagni
    • Franco Mosca

    Letter to the Editor 09 August 2015 Pages: 1281 - 1283

20. Management of adenomas within the area of rectal cancer that develop complete pathological response

    • Angelita Habr-Gama
    • Maria Regina Vianna
    • Rodrigo O. Perez

    Letter to the Editor 05 August 2015 Pages: 1285 - 1287

21. Diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the rectum: case report and literature review

    • Patrícia Andrade
    • Susana Lopes
    • Guilherme Macedo

    Letter to the Editor 05 August 2015 Pages: 1289 - 1290

22. A rare cause of constipation: obstructing small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the anal canal

    • Raymond T. Lee
    • Jason Ferreira
    • Steven F. Moss

    Letter to the Editor 23 July 2015 Pages: 1291 - 1292