A new study published in BMC Surgery compared minimally invasive complete mesocolic excision with conventional right ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

Recurrent and re-operative colon surgery is a procedure that is performed when cancer in the colon has returned after initial treatment or when a previous colorectal surgery was unsuccessful. This ...

All patients received intravenous antibiotics prior to surgery. Patients with prior infection, anesthesia class V poor-risk patients, patients requiring emergency surgery, and patients with missing ...

A perforated bowel causes sudden and severe abdominal pain and requires immediate medical care. You will often need surgery ...

Ulcerative colitis patients who discontinued 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) monotherapy have an increased risk of relapse, ...

Anal, colon, and rectal cancer; laparoscopic surgery; sphincter preservation. Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. 847-234-4310 Amy L. Halverson Colon and rectal cancer and surgery; fecal ...

The head of the Catholic Church will remain under observation for at least a week following his three-hour operation on Sunday, according to Vatican officials Pope Francis is in "good general health" ...

This bowel-saving surgery is nothing to sneeze at. Surgeons have successfully placed part of a Florida man’s colon back into his body after it fell out following a forceful sneeze. The 63-year-old was ...

The head of the Catholic Church underwent an operation for symptomatic diverticular stenosis on Sunday, according to Vatican City officials Pope Francis is under observation after undergoing colon ...

Pope Francis is recovering after a planned surgical operation. Pope Francis is recovering after undergoing a planned surgical operation for diverticular stenosis, which is an intestinal procedure on ...