Official Journal of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons EditorialNotes Pages: 527 - 531
Preservation of urine voiding and sexual function after rectal cancer surgery Keiichi HojoAnthony M. Vernava IIIKenichi Katumata OriginalPaper Pages: 532 - 539
Transanal electrostimulation for fecal incontinence: Clinical, psychologic, and manometric prospective study M. PescatoriR. PavesioS. Daini OriginalPaper Pages: 540 - 545
Prognostic factors in colorectal carcinoma treated by preoperative radiotherapy and immediate surgery R. D. JamesN. HaboubiN. Salhab OriginalPaper Pages: 546 - 551
Effect of increased calcium concentration onin Vitro growth of human colonic mucosal lines B. Shannon Danes OriginalPaper Pages: 552 - 556
Healing of colonic anastomoses: Comparative experimental study of glued, manually sutured, and stapled anastomoses Olof K. JanssonThomas L. ZillingBruno S. Walther OriginalPaper Pages: 557 - 562
Let sleeping dogs lie: Role of the omentum in the ileal pouch-anal anastomosis procedure Wayne L. Ambroze Jr.Bruce G. WolffDuane M. Ilstrup OriginalPaper Pages: 563 - 565
Mucosal dysplasia and DNA content in ulcerative colitis patients with ileorectal anastomosis R. LöfbergC. -E. Leijonmarckå. öst OriginalPaper Pages: 566 - 571
Investigation of colonic prostaglandins in carcinogenesis in the rat colon Akio YamaguchiTetsuya IshidaItsuo Miyazaki OriginalPaper Pages: 572 - 576
Colonic motility: Electric and manometric description of mass movement D. GarciaG. HitaP. Parrilla OriginalPaper Pages: 577 - 584
Temporal changes in the occurrence of hemorrhoids in the United States and England John F. JohansonAmnon Sonnenberg OriginalPaper Pages: 585 - 593
Aseptic colon resection by an invagination technique Lars S. JØrgensenUffe RaundahlPer SØgaard OriginalPaper Pages: 594 - 599
Use of photodynamic therapy in the palliation of massive advanced rectal cancer Hanoch KashtanMoshe Z. PapaHartley S. Stern OriginalPaper Pages: 600 - 605
Neurophysiologic assessment of the anal sphincters Steven D. WexnerFloriano MarchettiDavid G. Jagelman OriginalPaper Pages: 606 - 612
Effects of diclofenac sodium on intestinal anastomotic healing JoÃo Batista de SousaEdson Garcia SoaresFrancisco Aprilli OriginalPaper Pages: 613 - 617
Failure of right-sided coloanal anastomosis for treatment of left-sided ulcerative colitis R. J. SchwarzM. E. Pezim Case Reports Pages: 618 - 621
Metastases of a gastric adenocarcinoma presenting as colonic polyposis Patrice MetayerMichel AntoniettiJacques Basuyau Case Reports Pages: 622 - 623
A victory for Handsewn anastomoses? Invited editorial Garth H. BallantyneJohn W. HarmonAdam J. Dziki Letters to the Editor Pages: 625 - 627
Function-preserving rectal surgery R. J. HealdM. ChirKeiichi Hojo Letters to the Editor Pages: 627 - 629