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 ...

Your surgeon might remove the part of your large bowel (colon) containing the cancer. This is called a colectomy. Your surgeon also removes nearby lymph nodes. Surgery to remove ... This is called a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...