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 ...

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 ...

Colorectal surgery involves resection, or removal, of parts of the colon, rectum or both, to remove cancer. Surgery is most effective when the tumor is diagnosed before it has spread to other parts of ...

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

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

Colon cancer symptoms often don't exist. An active woman shares how repeated nudges from a loved one led to her diagnosis: "My entire life changed that day." ...

Low muscle quality and quantity are both predictive of poor outcomes in colon resection surgery, according to a new study published in JAMA Surgery. Carla Prado, a researcher in the University of ...

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 ...