Skip to main content
About ACPGBI

News Archive

Management of the anterior resection syndrome

Mhairi Collie and Wendy McFarlane, Edinburgh Presented at ACPGBI Liverpool 2013, 3 July Anterior resection syndrome is defined as a miserable combination of: “Increased number of daily bowel movements, erratic defecatory patterns, urgency,... Read more

2 Jul 2013

Nominations Sought for Pelvic Floor Society Committee

Nominations are invited for 9 posts on the Pelvic Floor Society Committee.  In the event of more than 9 nominations there will be a ballot. Once appointed to the committee, individual roles will be allocated.  The Chair will be selected from within... Read more

2 Jul 2013

Bowel Disease Research Foundation in 2013

We have had another successful year. In 2012 we raised £349,308 – a steady annual increase. This year we are on track to exceed this figure. For the first time BDRF has funded two rounds of research projects in a single year. In November 2012,... Read more

28 Jun 2013

Dysplasia, ALMs and DALMs: surgical decision making

Emmanuel Tiret, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris Colorectal Disease lecture, presented at ACPGBI Liverpool 2013, 2 July After 10 years or more of evolution, patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s colitis are at increased risk of developing... Read more

28 Jun 2013

Extended VTE prophylaxis after major cancer surgery - the evidence

Lesley Hunt, Consultant Surgeon Presented at ACPGBI Liverpool 2013, 3 July Acknowledgement: Dr Rhona Maclean Consultant Haematologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Patients undergoing major surgery without venous thromboembolism... Read more

28 Jun 2013