ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLEAssociation between serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha level and the efficacy of infliximab for refractory pouchitis after restorative proctocolectomy in patients with ulcerative colitis Motoi Uchino, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Toshihiro Bando, Akihiro Hirata, Teruhiro Chohno, Hirofumi Sasaki, Yuki Horio, Shiro Nakamura October 30, 2017; doi: dx.doi.org/10.23922/jarc.2016-008
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLEProctographic findings and symptoms in patients with anterior rectoanal intussusception Akira Tsunoda, Tomoko Takahashi, Kentaro Hayashi, Yuma Yagi, Hiroshi Kusanagi October 30, 2017; doi: dx.doi.org/10.23922/jarc.2017-014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLEPrognostic Nutritional Index Predicts Treatment Outcomes following Palliative Surgery for Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Manabu Shimomura1), Kazuhiro Toyota1), Nozomi Karakuchi1), Kosuke Ono1), Naofumi Tsukiyama1), Masayuki Shishida1), Koichi Oishi1), Kazuaki Miyamoto1), Masahiro Ikeda1), Seiji Sadamoto1), Tadateru Takahashi1)2) October 30, 2017; doi: dx.doi.org/10.23922/jarc.2017-016
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLEShort- and long-term outcomes following laparoscopic palliative resection for patients with incurable, asymptomatic stage IV colorectal cancer: A multicenter study in Japan Tomonori Akagi1), Masafumi Inomata1), Suguru Hasegawa2), Yousuke Kinjo2), Masaaki Ito3), Yosuke Fukunaga4), Akiyoshi Kanazawa5), Hitoshi Idani6), Seiichiro Yamamoto7), Koki Otsuka8), Shungo Endo9), Masahiko Watanabe10) , Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery October 30, 2017; doi: dx.doi.org/10.23922/jarc.2017-012
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLERisk factors for bleeding in patients receiving fondaparinux after colorectal cancer surgery Jongsung Pak, Masataka Ikeda, Mamoru Uemura, Masakazu Miyake, Kazuhiro Nishikawa, Atsushi Miyamoto, Michihiko Miyazaki, Motohiro Hirao, Shoji Nakamori, Mitsugu Sekimoto October 30, 2017; doi: dx.doi.org/10.23922/jarc.2017-022
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLEDefunctioning loop ileostomy with restorative proctocolectomy for rectal cancer: Friend or foe? Shinya Munakata, Shingo Ito, Kiichi Sugimoto, Yutaka Kojima, Michitoshi Goto, Yuichi Tomiki, Kazuhiro Sakamoto October 30, 2017; doi: dx.doi.org/10.23922/jarc.2017-023
CLINICAL RESEARCHLaparoscopic ventral rectopexy with sacrocolpopexy for coexisting pelvic organ prolapse and external rectal prolapse Yoshiyuki Kiyasu, Akira Tsunoda, Tomoko Takahashi, Masayoshi Nomura October 30, 2017; doi: dx.doi.org/10.23922/jarc.2016-013