Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Colorectal Surgery

Colorectal surgery is the surgical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and operative management of diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus, including colorectal cancer, polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease, and benign anorectal conditions. It encompasses resectional procedures for malignancy, …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 24× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2471-7061 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Colorectal surgery is the surgical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and operative management of diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus, including colorectal cancer, polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease, and benign anorectal conditions. It encompasses resectional procedures for malignancy, restoration of intestinal continuity, emergency operations for obstruction and perforation, and reconstructive techniques, performed by open, laparoscopic, and minimally invasive approaches. Operative planning and outcomes depend on accurate staging and pathology, perioperative risk assessment, and management of complications such as surgical-site infection, with cardiac and physiological risk markers informing care in major resections. Closely linked to colorectal oncology and pathology, the field also addresses carcinogenesis, screening, and the biology underlying surgical disease. The peer-reviewed studies indexed under this topic examine restoration of bowel continuity after Hartmann's procedure, prediction of cardiac morbidity using natriuretic peptide levels in colorectal cancer resection, abdominal-wall reconstruction with mesh and myocutaneous flaps in pelvic resections, prerequisites for emergency laparoscopic colorectal surgery, surgical-site infection, the nutrition route after esophagectomy, serrated colorectal carcinogenesis, and colorectal cancer screening. Together they reflect investigation of colorectal surgery spanning operative technique, perioperative risk and outcomes, reconstruction, and the oncological and pathological basis of colorectal disease, integrating surgical, clinical, and pathological perspectives.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

The Nutrition Route following Esophagectomy

Boukerrouche AbdelkaderCorresponding author
Department of Digestive Surgery, Hospital of Beni-Messous, University of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria.
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3488
2019

Surgical Site Infections: A Still Ongoing Challenge

A. S. Sardenberg RodrigoCorresponding author
Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Paulistano, Americas Serviços Médicos São Paulo, Brazil
Exact topic International Journal of Infection Prevention Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2690-4837.ijip-18-2515

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 24 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Colorectal Surgery, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Colon And Rectal Cancer (ISSN 2471-7061).

Journal editorial board
Frank A. Frizelle · New Zealand Gennaro Galizia · Italy Tamotsu Tsukahara · Japan

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