May 17, 2011 — Laparoscopy independently predicts decreased mortality from colon resection even when controlling for multiple factors, according to the results of a retrospective cohort study ...

Every year, tens of thousands of people face serious colon surgery to remove big polyps before they can morph into colon cancer. Many have part of their colon removed at the same time -- and face a ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: Diverticular-associated colitis is an interesting clinical scenario that is occasionally encountered by the ...

Three physicians recently completed the first robotic-assisted colon resection surgeries at Martinsburg, W.Va.-based Berkeley Medical Center. 1. Jason Turner, MD, Robert Cicchino, DO, and Zachary ...

Boston-based Brigham & Women’s Hospital researchers found seven types of emergency general surgeries accounted for 80.2 percent of inpatient costs in the United States, according to Medscape ...

Pancreatic fistulas occur most commonly after pancreatic surgery, especially distal pancreatectomy. A pancreatic fistula complicating resection of a colon cancer suggests either laceration of the ...

Recent years have seen rapid development of minimally invasive techniques. Due to its doubtless benefits, laparoscopy is applied more and more broadly in abdominal surgery. Its advantages include not ...

Massive small bowel resection is usually a last resort surgical procedure carried out in response to a number of pathologic insults, including Crohn's disease, ileitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, ...

Increased Body Mass Index Is Associated With Improved Survival in United States Veterans With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Ninety patients registered between March 2006 and June 2009: 86 were ...

Every year, tens of thousands of people face serious colon surgery to remove big polyps before they can morph into colon cancer. Many have part of their colon removed at the same time — and face a ...