A colectomy is a type of surgery that removes part or all of the colon. The colon is part of the large intestine that connects the small intestine to the rectum. The colon is removed either in ...

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 ...

NHS will offer faecal immunochemical test (FIT) to almost a million more people amid a worrying increase in younger adults ...

An Anderson, South Carolina, man wants to tell everyone his health care story and the need to get a second opinion.

Eighteen months after the bowel resection fecal fat was 70 gm ... the departments of Medicine and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and the departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Boston ...

Perioperative IV infusion of lidocaine fails to improve return of gut function after elective minimally invasive colon ...

Both laparoscopic wedge and endoscopic resection are safe and feasible treatment approaches for patients with gastric ...

Bowel cancer screening is being rolled out to the over 50s by the NHS ...

Lung wedge resection is surgery that removes a small, wedge-shaped piece of lung tissue. It can treat early stage lung cancer or help doctors diagnose suspicious lumps or shadows on the lungs ...