1. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Rathin Gosavi
   • Clemente Chia
   • Joseph C. Kong

   Review 04 May 2021 Pages: 2063 - 2070

   

2. Surgery for anal fistulae: state of the art

   • Mario Pescatori

   Review 31 May 2021 Pages: 2071 - 2079

   

3. Association between vedolizumab and postoperative complications in IBD: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Daxin Guo
   • Ke Jiang
   • Bin Zhou

   Review 01 September 2021 Pages: 2081 - 2092

   

4. The impact of gender and HPV status on anal squamous cell carcinoma survival

   • Firas Baidoun
   • Anas M. Saad
   • Omar Abdel-Rahman

   Original Article 31 March 2021 Pages: 2093 - 2109

   

5. Proposition of a simple binary grading of estimated blood loss during colon surgery

   • Hugo Teixeira Farinha
   • David Martin
   • Dieter Hahnloser

   Original Article Open access 16 April 2021 Pages: 2111 - 2117

   

6. Reversal of end-ileostomy in patients with Crohn’s disease

   • I. Iesalnieks
   • T. Bittermann
   • C. Hackl

   Original Article 30 April 2021 Pages: 2119 - 2125

7. Does preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy impact short-term surgical outcomes in patients with locally advanced colon cancer?

   • Ryan Silva
   • Mohammad Hamidi
   • Valentine Nfonsam

   Original Article 08 May 2021 Pages: 2127 - 2134

   

8. Pilonidal sinus disease on the rise: a one-third incidence increase in inpatients in 13 years with substantial regional variation in Germany

   • Christina Oetzmann von Sochaczewski
   • Jan Gödeke

   Original Article Open access 16 May 2021 Pages: 2135 - 2145

   

9. Robotic versus laparoscopic right colectomy for colon cancer: a nationwide cohort study

   • Niclas Dohrn
   • Mads Falk Klein
   • Ismail Gögenur

   Original Article 02 June 2021 Pages: 2147 - 2158

   

10. Long-term outcomes of Hartmann’s procedure versus primary anastomosis for generalized peritonitis due to perforated diverticulitis: follow-up of a prospective multicenter randomized trial (DIVERTI)

    • M. Loire
    • V. Bridoux
    • J. J. Tuech

    Original Article 04 June 2021 Pages: 2159 - 2164

    

11. Risk factors for upper and lower type prolonged postoperative ileus following surgery for Crohn’s disease

    • Ioannis Pozios
    • Hendrik Seeliger
    • Claudia Seifarth

    Original Article Open access 17 June 2021 Pages: 2165 - 2175

    

12. Colorectal neoplasms in melanosis coli: a survey in Japan and a worldwide meta-analysis

    • Ryo Katsumata
    • Noriaki Manabe
    • Ken Haruma

    Original Article 22 June 2021 Pages: 2177 - 2188

    

13. Apparent diffusion coefficient cannot discriminate metastatic and non-metastatic lymph nodes in rectal cancer: a meta-analysis

    • Alexey Surov
    • Hans-Jonas Meyer
    • Andreas Wienke

    Original Article Open access 29 June 2021 Pages: 2189 - 2197

    

14. Risk of colorectal adenomas and cancer in monoallelic carriers of MUTYH pathogenic variants: a single-centre experience

    • R. Patel
    • P. McGinty
    • A. Latchford

    Original Article Open access 09 July 2021 Pages: 2199 - 2204

    

15. Stage II colon cancer staging using the number of retrieved lymph nodes may be superior to current TNM staging for prognosis stratification: the Japanese study group for postoperative follow-up of colorectal cancer

    • Shimpei Ogawa
    • Michio Itabashi
    • Kenichi Sugihara

    Original Article 24 July 2021 Pages: 2205 - 2214

    

16. Metabolic syndrome and the risk of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Xiaoding Shen
    • Yong Wang
    • Xiaoting Wu

    Original Article 31 July 2021 Pages: 2215 - 2225

    

17. Comparison of inflammatory bowel disease relapse after top-down or step-up therapy: a population-based cohort study

    • Masanori Ochi
    • Ryota Niikura
    • Kazuhiko Koike

    Original Article 13 August 2021 Pages: 2227 - 2235

    

18. An analysis about the function of a new artificial intelligence, CAD EYE with the lesion recognition and diagnosis for colorectal polyps in clinical practice

    • Naohisa Yoshida
    • Ken Inoue
    • Yoshito Itoh

    Original Article 18 August 2021 Pages: 2237 - 2245

    

19. Intestinal anastomotic healing models during experimental colitis

    • J. R. E. Miltschitzky
    • Z. Clees
    • P.-A. Neumann

    Original Article Open access 28 August 2021 Pages: 2247 - 2259

    

20. Management of colorectal anastomotic leakage using endoscopic negative pressure therapy with or without protective ostomy: a retrospective study

    • Flavius Şandra-Petrescu
    • Emmanouil Tzatzarakis
    • Florian Herrle

    Original Article Open access 28 August 2021 Pages: 2261 - 2269

    

21. Transanal (TaTME) vs. laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for mid and low rectal cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis of early and long-term outcomes

    • Martino Munini
    • Sotirios Georgios Popeskou
    • Dimitri Christoforidis

    Original Article 01 September 2021 Pages: 2271 - 2279

    

22. Surgery, selection or biology in lung metastasectomy for colorectal lung metastasectomy? PulMiCC may not provide all the answers but it does narrow down the question

    • Tom Treasure
    • Misel Milosevic

    Letter to the Editor 29 March 2021 Pages: 2281 - 2281

23. Laparoscopic appendectomy versus antibiotic treatment for acute appendicitis—a systematic review

    • Franziska Köhler
    • Anne Hendricks
    • Armin Wiegering

    Short Communication Open access 14 April 2021 Pages: 2283 - 2286

    

24. Acute appendicitis in elderly during Covid-19 pandemic

    • G. Lisi
    • M. Campanelli
    • M. Grande

    Short Communication 27 May 2021 Pages: 2287 - 2290