Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...

USA: A new study from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center indicates that carefully selected patients with malignant ...

Laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer is a safe alternative but further studies are required to clarify its advantages; laparoscopy for rectal cancer requires further scrutiny Laparoscopic colorectal ...

Three physicians recently completed the first robotic-assisted colon resection surgeries at Martinsburg, W.Va.-based Berkeley Medical Center. 1. Jason Turner, MD, Robert Cicchino, DO, and Zachary ...

An anastomotic leak after colorectal surgery is a highly undesirable event that can lead to excess mortality, reoperative surgery, and increased length of stay. At 2.7%, the overall anastomotic leak ...

Al Suwaiq Hospital recently succeeded in conducting the first laparoscopic colon resection in its history. The surgery set a ...

Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performed a rare, life-saving surgery to remove a nearly 20-kg ...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) of colorectal cancer has become more popular in the past two decades. Laparoscopic colectomy has been accepted as an alternative standard approach in colon cancer, ...

Objective: To evaluate predictors and burden of emergency colorectal cancer resection (E-CCR). Study Design: Cross-sectional study of 127 975 discharges of patients with colorectal cancer undergoing ...