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Antoniou, Bright Huo, Monica Ortenzi, Roi Anteby, Yegor Tryliskyy, Francesco Maria Carrano, Georgios Seitidis, Dimitris Mavridis, Vincent Hoek, Alberto Serventi, Willem A Bemelman, Gian Andrea Binda, Rafael Duran, Triantafyllos Doulias, Nauzer Forbes, Nader K. Francis, Fabian Grass, Jesper Jensen, Marianne Krogsgaard, Lisa Massey, Luca Morelli, Christian E. Oberkofler, Dorin E. Popa, Johannes Kurt Schultz, Shahnaz Sultan, Jean-Jacques Tuech, Hendrik Jaap Bonjer</p> <p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387494159_EAES_rapid_guideline_surgical_management_of_complicated_diverticulitis_-_with_ESCP_participation">Guideline web page</a></p> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>ESCP Guidelines for the management of pilonidal disease</strong></p> <p class="smalltext">Authors: Dotun Ojo, Gaetano Gallo, Jos Kleijnen, Susanne Haas, Donatas Danys, Dragomir Dardanov, Gianluca Pellino, Johannes Jongen, Kathryn O’Shea, Luigi Basso, Niki Christou, Paola De Nardi, Steven Brown, Asha Senapati</p> <p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/bjs/article/111/10/znae237/7820471">Guideline web page</a></p> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Guideline for the assessment and management of gastrointestinal symptoms following colorectal surgery</strong> (UEG/ESCP/EAES/ESPCG/ESPEN/ESNM/ESSO)</p> <p class="smalltext">Authors: Anke HC Gielen, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ueg2.12658">Part I: Sequelae to oncological diseases</a></li> <li><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ueg2.12659">Part II: Good practice guidance: sequelae to benign diseases</a></li> </ul> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>FAP Guideline</strong> (EHTG-ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">Authors: Gloria Zaffaroni, Alessandro Mannucci, Laura Koskenvuo, Borja de Lacy, Anna Maffioli, Tanya Bisseling, Elizabeth Half, Giulia Martina Cavestro, Laura Valle, Neil Ryan, Stefan Aretz, Karen Brown, Francesco Buttitta, Fatima Carneiro, Oonagh Claber, Ruth Blanco-Colino, Maxime Collard, Emma Crosbie, Miguel Cunha, Triantafyllos Doulias, Christina Fleming, Henriette Heinrich, Robert Hüneburg, Julie Metras, Iris Nagtegaal, Ionut Negoi, Maartje Nielsen, Gianluca Pellino, Luigi Ricciardiello, Abdurrahman Sagir, Luis Sánchez-Guillén, Toni T Seppälä, Peter Siersema, Benedikt Striebeck, Julian R Sampson, Andrew Latchford, Yann Parc, John Burn, Gabriela Möslein</p> <p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/bjs/article/111/5/znae070/7667705">Guideline web page</a></p> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>UEG GI Guidelines App</strong> (UEG and ESCP)</p> <p><a href="https://ueg.eu/quality-of-care/search-guidelines/gi-guidelines-app">Info about the app</a></p> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>How to develop guidelines</strong> (UEG and ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">Authors: Yasuko Maeda, Adele Sayers, Ana Dugic</p> <p><a href="https://ueg.eu/p/269">Online course</a></p> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>The development of the European Guideline on multidisciplinary management of obstructed defecation syndrome</strong> (ESCP, UEG, ESGAR, EAGEN, ESGENA, ESNM and ESPCG)</p> <p class="smalltext">Authors: Gaetano Gallo, Arcangelo Picciariello, Marta Goglia, Agnese Dezi, Jos Kleijnen, Yasuko Maeda and the members of the GDG</p> <p><a href="/images/guidelines/documents/Development-Guideline-on-multidisciplinary-management-of-ODS.pdf" target="_blank">Guideline PDF</a></p> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Guidelines on training in robotic colorectal surgery</strong> (ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">Authors: Samson Tou, Stephanie Au, Cillian Clancy, Steven Clarke, Danielle Collins, Frances Dixon, Elizabeth Dreher, Christina Fleming, Anthony G. Gallagher, Marcos Gomez-Ruiz, Jos Kleijnen, Yasuko Maeda, Katie Rollins, Klaus E. Matzel</p> <p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/codi.16904">Guideline web page</a> | <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/codi.16904">Guideline PDF</a></p> <hr> <h2>2023</h2> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Rapid guideline: Bowel preparation for minimally invasive colorectal resection</strong> (EAES, SAGES, and ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">Authors: Stavros A. Antoniou, Bright Huo, Alexander A. Tzanis, Ourania Koutsiouroumpa, Dimitrios Mavridis, Andrea Balla, Suzanne Dore, Andreas M. Kaiser, Eleni Koraki, Lisa Massey, Gianluca Pellino, Mina Psichogiou, Adele E. Sayers, Neil J. Smart, Patricia Sylla, Sarah Tschudin‐Sutter, John C. Woodfield, Francesco Maria Carrano, Monica Ortenzi, Salvador Morales‐Conde</p> <p><a href="/images/guidelines/documents/Bowel-preparation-for-minimally-invasive-colorectal-resection-guideline.pdf" target="_blank">Guideline PDF</a></p> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of Cryptoglandular Anal Fistula</strong> (ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">Authors: Alexander A. Tzanis, Cesare Stabilini, FILIP E. MUYSOMS, Lisa Rossi, OYRANIA KOUTSIOUROUMPA, Dimitris Mavridis, Michel Adamina, Umberto Bracale, Henk-Thijs Brandsma, Stéphanie O Breukink, Manuel López Cano, Samantha Cole, Suzanne Doré, Kristian Kiim Jensen, Marianne Krogsgaard, Neil J. Smart, Christoffer Odensten, Chantal Tielemans, Stavros A. Antoniou</p> <p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/codi.16741">Guideline web page</a> | <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/codi.16741">Guideline PDF</a></p> <hr> <h2>2022</h2> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of Faecal Incontinence</strong>  (UEG, ESCP, ESNM, ESPCG)</p> <p class="smalltext">Sadé L. Assmann, Daniel Keszthelyi, Jos Kleijnen, Foteini Anastasiou, Elissa Bradshaw, Ann E. Brannigan, Emma V. Carrington, Giuseppe Chiarioni, Liora D.A. Ebben, Marc A. Gladman, Yasuko Maeda, Jarno Melenhorst, Giovanni Militto, Jean W.M. Muris, Julius Orhalmi, Daniel Pohl, Yvonne Tillotson, Mona Rydningen, Saulius Svagzdys, Carolynne J. Vaizey, Stéphanie O. Breukink</p> <p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ueg2.12213">Guideline web page</a> | <a href="/images/UEG_Journal_-_2022_-_Assmann_-_Guideline_for_the_diagnosis_and_treatment_of_Faecal_Incontinence_A_UEG_ESCP_ESNM_ESPCG.pdf" target="_blank">Guideline PDF</a></p> <hr> <h2>2021</h2> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Guidance on the use of mesh in the pelvis in colorectal surgery</strong> (ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">Yasuko Maeda, Eloy Espin-Basany, Kim Gorissen, Mia Kim, Paul-Antoine Lehur, Lilli Lundby, Ionut Negoi, Gregor Norcic, P. Ronan O’Connell, Tero Rautio, Bart van Geluwe, Gabrielle H. van Ramshorst, Andrea Warwick, Carolynne J. Vaizey</p> <p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/codi.15718">Guideline web page</a> | <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/codi.15718">Guideline PDF</a></p> <hr> <h2>2020</h2> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Lynch Syndrome, based on gene and gender</strong> (ESCP, EHTG)</p> <p class="smalltext">T. T. Seppälä, A. Latchford, I. Negoi, A. Sampaio Soares, R. Jimenez-Rodriguez, L. Sánchez-Guillén, D. G. Evans, N. Ryan, E. J. Crosbie, M. Dominguez-Valentin, J. Burn, M. Kloor, M. von Knebel Doeberitz, F. J. B. van Duijnhoven, P. Quirke, J. R. Sampson, P. Møller, G. Möslein</p> <p><a href="https://bjssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bjs.11902">Guideline web page</a> | <a href="https://bjssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bjs.11902">Guideline PDF</a></p> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>COVID-19 pandemic: resuming normal colorectal services</strong> (ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">G. Pellino, C. J. Vaizey, Y. Maeda</p> <p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/codi.15313">Guideline web page</a> | <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/codi.15313">Guideline PDF</a></p> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Management of Diverticular Disease</strong> (ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">J. K. Schultz, N. Azhar, G. A. Binda, G. Barbara, S. Biondo, M. A. Boermeester, A. Chabok, E. C. J. Consten, S. T. van Dijk, A. Johanssen, W. Kruis, D. Lambrichts, S. Post, F. Ris, T. A. Rockall, A. Samuelsson, S. Di Saverio, D. Tartaglia, A. Thorisson, D. C. Winter, W. Bemelman, E. 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Breukink</p> <p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/codi.14975">Guideline web page</a> | <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/codi.14975">Guideline PDF</a></p> <hr> <h2>2019</h2> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Development of a core outcome set for Haemorrhoidal Disease</strong> (ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">R. R. van Tol, M. L. Kimman†, J. Melenhorst, L. P. S. Stassen, C. D. Dirksen, S. O. Breukink and Members of the Steering Group</p> <p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/codi.14553">Protocol web page</a> | <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/codi.14553">Protocol PDF</a></p> <hr> <h2>2018</h2> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Follow-up treatment for non-metastatic Colorectal Cancer</strong> (ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">V. P. Bastiaenen, I. Hovdenak Jakobsen, R. Labianca, A. Martling, D. G. Morton, J. N. Primrose, P. J. Tanis, S. Laurberg</p> <p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/codi.14503">Consensus web page</a> | <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/codi.14503">Consensus PDF</a></p> <hr> <h2>2017</h2> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Surgery for Crohn's Disease</strong> (ECCO, ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">Willem A Bemelman, Janindra Warusavitarne, Gianluca M Sampietro, Zuzana Serclova, Oded Zmora, Gaetano Luglio, Anthony de Buck van Overstraeten, John P Burke, Christianne J Buskens, Francesco Colombo, Jorge Amil Dias, Rami Eliakim, Tomás Elosua, I Ethem Gecim, Sanja Kolacek, Jaroslaw Kierkus, Kaija-Leena Kolho, Jérémie H Lefevre, Monica Millan, Yves Panis, Thomas Pinkney, Richard K Russell, Chaya Shwaartz, Carolynne Vaizey, Nuha Yassin, André D’Hoore</p> <p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/12/1/1/3813784">Consensus web page</a> | <a href="https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article-pdf/12/1/1/23265508/jjx061.pdf">Consensus PDF</a></p> <hr> <h2>2016</h2> <p class="guidelinetitle"><strong>Surgical management of Intestinal Failure</strong> (ESCP)</p> <p class="smalltext">C. 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