Rachel E Colbran, Leila Neshatian, Vipul R Sheth, Leora A Cohen-Tigör, Michelle Earley, Brooke H Gurland
{"title":"Recurrence After Rectopexy: Insights From Magnetic Resonance Defecography: Corrigendum.","authors":"Rachel E Colbran, Leila Neshatian, Vipul R Sheth, Leora A Cohen-Tigör, Michelle Earley, Brooke H Gurland","doi":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DCR.0000000000004461","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11299,"journal":{"name":"Diseases of the Colon & Rectum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149126874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selected Abstracts.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DCR.0000000000004487","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11299,"journal":{"name":"Diseases of the Colon & Rectum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149105509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James A Penfold, Jonathan C Erickson, Sean H B Seo, Cameron I Wells
{"title":"Hyperactive Intestinal Motility and Postoperative Ileus: The Missing Link?","authors":"James A Penfold, Jonathan C Erickson, Sean H B Seo, Cameron I Wells","doi":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004304","DOIUrl":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004304","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11299,"journal":{"name":"Diseases of the Colon & Rectum","volume":" ","pages":"2546"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148041550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Conceptual Basis of Recurrence After Ligation of Intersphincteric Fistula Tract for Complex Anal Fistula.","authors":"Pankaj Garg, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Vipul Yagnik","doi":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004342","DOIUrl":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004342","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11299,"journal":{"name":"Diseases of the Colon & Rectum","volume":" ","pages":"2553"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148224108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gabija Makunaite, Arnoldas Grinys, Donatas Danys, Marius Kryzauskas, Matas Jakubauskas, Eugenijus Jasiunas, Tomas Poskus
{"title":"Five-Year Follow-up of the Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Laser Hemorrhoidoplasty With Sutured Mucopexy and Excisional Hemorrhoidectomy.","authors":"Gabija Makunaite, Arnoldas Grinys, Donatas Danys, Marius Kryzauskas, Matas Jakubauskas, Eugenijus Jasiunas, Tomas Poskus","doi":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004372","DOIUrl":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patients randomly assigned to laser hemorrhoidoplasty, excisional hemorrhoidectomy, and sutured mucopexy were followed up at 5 years after surgery.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to compare the long-term results of laser hemorrhoidoplasty, excisional hemorrhoidectomy, and sutured mucopexy.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A follow-up of randomized, parallel-group, double-blinded, single-center prospective study.</p><p><strong>Settings: </strong>Treatment was provided between April 2016 and April 2017 at a single center.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Patients with symptomatic second- or third-degree hemorrhoids 5 years after surgery were interviewed via telephone or online questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Recurrence of symptoms was the primary outcome; patients' quality of life, fecal incontinence, and patients' evaluation of treatment were secondary outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 102 patients were evaluated at 5 years (34 per group). Kaplan-Meier estimates of 5-year symptom recurrence were 24% for excisional hemorrhoidectomy, 29% for laser hemorrhoidoplasty, and 44% for sutured mucopexy; these differences did not reach statistical significance (log-rank p = 0.076). Although recurrence-free probability was numerically higher in the excisional hemorrhoidectomy and laser hemorrhoidoplasty groups, the timing of events varied across cohorts. Specific recurrences included bleeding in 18% (excisional hemorrhoidectomy), 31% (sutured mucopexy), and 31% (laser hemorrhoidoplasty) and prolapse in 12% (excisional hemorrhoidectomy), 23% (laser hemorrhoidoplasty), and 34% (sutured mucopexy). General health evaluation scores were highest in the laser hemorrhoidoplasty group. A mixed-effect model for repeated measures analysis showed a continued trend of improvement in physical and social activity between 1 and 5 years across all groups ( p = 0.021). Decision regret was lowest in the sutured mucopexy group (mean score 1.33).</p><p><strong>Limitations: </strong>This is a single-center study with a relatively small sample size.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients who underwent excisional hemorrhoidectomy reported the best outcomes; however, laser hemorrhoidoplasty produced only slightly worse results with a significantly shorter and less painful postoperative course. See Video Abstract .</p><p><strong>Seguimiento a cinco aos del ensayo clnico aleatorizado doble ciego que compara la hemorroidoplastia lser con la mucopexia suturada y la hemorroidectoma por escisin: </strong>ANTECEDENTES:Se realizó un seguimiento a pacientes, asignados aleatoriamente a hemorroidoplastia láser, hemorroidectomía por escisión y mucopexia suturada, a los 5 años de la cirugía.OBJETIVO:El objetivo de este estudio fue comparar los resultados a largo plazo de la hemorroidoplastia láser, la hemorroidectomía por escisión y la mucopexia suturada.DISEÑO:Estudio prospectivo, u","PeriodicalId":11299,"journal":{"name":"Diseases of the Colon & Rectum","volume":" ","pages":"2484-2491"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13585168/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148535442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ankit Sarin, Christopher M Seffren, Hussam A Shwaib, Monique Couto Matos, Samuel Eisenstein, Marco Ferrara, Nell Maloney Patel, Sean J Langenfeld
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence for Colorectal Surgeons-Part II: Research Applications, Challenges in Adoption, and Practical Resources.","authors":"Ankit Sarin, Christopher M Seffren, Hussam A Shwaib, Monique Couto Matos, Samuel Eisenstein, Marco Ferrara, Nell Maloney Patel, Sean J Langenfeld","doi":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004178","DOIUrl":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004178","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This is part II of a 2-part series examining artificial intelligence in colorectal surgery. Part I established foundational concepts and clinical applications. Implementation, however, requires understanding research methodologies, available resources, and the specific challenges currently limiting widespread adoption. These topics are the focus of part II.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine artificial intelligence's transformation of surgical research, provide practical implementation resources, address adoption challenges, and explore future directions in colorectal surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Comprehensive literature review focusing on artificial intelligence research methodology, implementation barriers, educational resources, and emerging technologies relevant to colorectal surgeons.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Artificial intelligence streamlines clinical trial design through predictive modeling and natural language processing, reducing enrollment challenges that contribute to failed or inadequate trial accrual. Machine learning enables heterogeneity analysis within clinical trials, identifying treatment-responsive subgroups. Foundation models unlock analysis of unstructured electronic health record data at scale. Professional societies and universities offer specialized artificial intelligence education programs, with open-access data sets facilitating research participation. However, implementation faces multifaceted challenges: technical infrastructure demands, with real-time processing requiring dedicated graphics processing unit clusters; regulatory frameworks struggling with continuously evolving algorithms; undefined liability distribution for artificial intelligence-assisted decisions; algorithmic bias risking health care disparities; and the \"black box\" problem limiting clinical trust. Economic barriers include substantial initial costs without clear reimbursement pathways. Future directions include multimodal artificial intelligence integrating imaging, genomics, and histopathology; cognitive robotic systems with real-time decision support; digital twin technology for patient-specific surgical simulation; and global surgical artificial intelligence networks enabling distributed learning across institutions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although artificial intelligence offers transformative potential for colorectal surgery research and practice, successful implementation requires addressing technical, regulatory, ethical, and economic challenges. The surgeon's evolving role demands both traditional expertise and computational fluency. Future advances in multimodal integration, autonomous systems, and global collaboration will fundamentally reshape surgical practice but will require thoughtful implementation prioritizing patient benefit and clinical value.</p>","PeriodicalId":11299,"journal":{"name":"Diseases of the Colon & Rectum","volume":" ","pages":"2404-2412"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147873686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on \"Global Use and Outcomes of Endoscopic Stenting in Acute Malignant Left-Sided Colonic Obstruction\".","authors":"Xiaohe Zhang, Chaochi Yue","doi":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004341","DOIUrl":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004341","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11299,"journal":{"name":"Diseases of the Colon & Rectum","volume":" ","pages":"2552"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148224059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander T Hawkins, Anuradha R Bhama, Sean J Langenfeld, Marylise Boutros, Mehraneh D Jafari, Bradley Davis, Thomas Curran, Ian M Paquette, Traci L Hedrick, Wolfgang B Gaertner
{"title":"The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Left-Sided Colonic Diverticulitis.","authors":"Alexander T Hawkins, Anuradha R Bhama, Sean J Langenfeld, Marylise Boutros, Mehraneh D Jafari, Bradley Davis, Thomas Curran, Ian M Paquette, Traci L Hedrick, Wolfgang B Gaertner","doi":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004382","DOIUrl":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004382","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11299,"journal":{"name":"Diseases of the Colon & Rectum","volume":" ","pages":"2431-2450"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148535495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Penny for Your Thoughts.","authors":"Lester Gottesman","doi":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004227","DOIUrl":"10.1097/DCR.0000000000004227","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11299,"journal":{"name":"Diseases of the Colon & Rectum","volume":" ","pages":"2399-2401"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148359936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}