Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...

Endoscopy plays an essential role in managing malignant obstruction of the colon and an important part in treating benign colonic strictures related to Crohn’s disease, postsurgical anastomosis, and ...

Endoscopy and colonoscopy are both minimally invasive procedures using similar tools. However, they have different purposes. Doctors use endoscopy in several tests throughout the body, but they ...

Doctors may recommend a colostomy if the bowel becomes diseased or damaged. This procedure involves cutting into the abdominal wall to drain stool from the colon. Any surgery ending in “ostomy” ...

A colonic—also called colon hydrotherapy—involves flushing the colon with warm, filtered water through a small tube inserted into the rectum. Practitioners claim it removes built-up waste, toxins, and ...

As people are living longer, more elderly patients are being diagnosed with age-related colon cancer, making it of increasing concern to the medical community. Another related issue is whether an ...

For patients with complex benign colorectal polyps, surgical intervention tends to be the norm. Yet, endoluminal procedures like endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection ...