Initial results of the CLASICC trial have recently been presented in the Lancet by Guillou and co-workers. This study aimed to compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic resection with those of ...

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 ...

When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer—which includes both colon and rectal cancers—many people immediately think ...

A risky but often lifesaving surgery that removes damaged parts of the small intestine can leave patients facing a new threat ...

Fewer people with advanced colon cancer get bowel resection surgery. But that may still be too many, according to new research from the University of Texas. About 6 in 10 patients with stage IV colon ...

Automated Lugano Metabolic Response Assessment in 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose–Avid Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma With Deep Learning on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose–Positron Emission Tomography OPTICAL was a randomized, ...

We used the SEER-linked Medicare database (July 2001 through December 2009) to establish a retrospective cohort of patients age ≥ 66 years who had undergone surgical resection for colon cancer.

Mel Buchanan didn’t expect anything unusual when she scheduled her first colonoscopy last year. She had no symptoms and was ...

Low muscle quality and quantity are both predictive of poor outcomes in colon resection surgery, according to a new study published in JAMA Surgery. Carla Prado, a researcher in the University of ...

CLINICAL experience with patients who have had massive bowel resection suggests that gastric hypersecretion may occur and can significantly affect the course. Summarized below are 2 cases in which an ...