This study aimed to compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic resection with those of conventional open surgery in patients with colorectal cancer and to make predictions for long-term ...

Sometimes a laparoscopic surgery has to be changed to an open resection during the surgery. Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection for ...

Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy ... tissue in the area from previous surgery Your doctor's expertise and experience Sometimes a laparoscopic surgery has to be changed to an open ...

This surgery is for small, early stage colon cancers. Your surgeon removes the cancer from the bowel lining, along with a border of healthy tissue (margin). This is called a local resection. The ...

Laparoscopic surgery versus open surgery for colon cancer: short-term outcomes of a randomised trial. Lancet Oncol. 6 , 477–484 (2005). Article Google Scholar ...

Surgery to remove a small part of bowel lining (local resection) This surgery is for small, early stage cancers. Your specialist removes the cancer from the bowel lining, along with a border of ...

Background Laparoscopic adhesiolysis is emerging as an alternative for open surgery in adhesive small bowel obstruction. Retrospective studies suggest that laparoscopic approach shortens hospital ...

from bariatric and foregut to hernia and colorectal. Matriculating fellows are expected to finish the fellowship skilled in the evaluation and treatment of clinical entities beyond the scope of ...

Sang Lee is one of the nation’s leading experts in laparoscopic ... bowel resection. He specializes in organ preservation for benign colon tumors, and sphincter-saving surgery to avoid having ...

It used to be there were only open surgical procedures, where surgeons had to make larger incisions in order to obtain sight for the procedure. Then came laparoscopic surgery, during which operations ...