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Clinical Outcomes Publication update for ACPGBI membership, July 2016

Consultant Outcomes Publication 2015 The ACPGBI published Consultant Outcomes for bowel surgery for the third time in 2015. Case numbers and risk-adjusted 90-day mortality for elective colorectal cancer surgery in patients diagnosed during the... Read more

1 Jul 2016

Conference talk with Mr Chris Cunningham @Edinburgh

In a series of interviews, guest reporter Owen Haskins from Dendrite Clinical Systems, will be previewing this year's ACPGBI annual meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 4-6. He talked to Mr Chris Cunningham (Oxford, UK) who will examine 'The Adenoma... Read more

30 Jun 2016

Moving forward in the treatment of haemorrhoids

The treatment of symptomatic second and third degree haemorrhoids has evolved over the years but what constitutes optimum management is still unclear.Rubber band ligation (RBL) v haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) trial For many years rubber band... Read more

22 Jun 2016

Stenting for obstructing colorectal cancer, the CReST Trial

The results of the CReST trial were presented at the ASCO meeting in Chicago in June of this year by our President in Waiting, Jim Hill, who also led the CReST trial collaborative group.ASCO is the most important forum for the presentation of... Read more

22 Jun 2016

How to produce clinical guidelines and consensus statements

The Multidisciplinary Clinical Committee has now published guidance on producing clinical guidelines and consensus statements for ACPGBI specifically but these will also be of interest to other guidance commissioning... Read more

21 Jun 2016