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 ...

Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy ... extent of the disease Your general health Whether you have scar tissue in the area from previous surgery Your doctor's expertise and experience ...

Interest in cold endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for treating colorectal polyps has been gaining traction, as a recent ...

The resection marks the third known instance ... s also hired Zarzaur following complications during his colon surgery in ...

In the absence of registry data, it is impossible to know the precise incidence and prevalence of short bowel syndrome in ... or tumor resection in adults. Although less common in the last several ...

Perioperative administration of IV lidocaine does not significantly improve the return of gut function after elective ...

Guillaume Martel, M.D., from the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, and colleagues conducted a superiority, randomized controlled trial to examine whether hypovolemic phlebotomy before liver ...

They found that 44% of patients underwent laparoscopy (95% CI 0.21-0.69) compared to 56% with open surgery. In addition, 41.3% underwent primary repair versus 58.7% who had sigmoid resection.