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If an operation can't cure you, what can I do?

Canadian Association of General Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons.

It's the unknown unknowns that matter.

Virtual pelvic anatomy simulator: a pilot study of usability and perceived effectiveness.

Caring for octogenarian and nonagenarian patients with colorectal cancer: what should our standards and expectations be?

Validation of the risk index category as a predictor of surgical site infection in elective colorectal surgery.

Colorectal procedures: what proportion is performed by American board of colon and rectal surgery-certified surgeons?

Colon and rectal surgeons-are there enough?

How far have we really come in managing colorectal trauma?

A population-based study on outcome in relation to the type of resection in low rectal cancer.

Surgical site infection in colorectal surgery: a new look at an old risk adjustment tool.

Management of colonic injuries in the combat theater.

Mechanical bowel preparation does not affect the intramucosal bacterial colony count.

Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery may be a useful tool for surgeons early in the learning curve performing total abdominal colectomy.

[Anal fistulas--an unsolved clinical problem].

[Letter to the Editor: Surgery in China].

[The bowel should not be emptied before colon surgery].

An increase in compliance with the Surgical Care Improvement Project measures does not prevent surgical site infection in colorectal surgery.

Thickness of subcutaneous fat as a strong risk factor for wound infections in elective colorectal surgery: impact of prediction using preoperative CT.

Does specialized surgical training increase lymph node yield in colon cancer?