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 ...

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 ...

Department of Surgery PGY3 Resident Frank Gleason, M.D., was recently featured in the Annals of Surgery for his article, “Early Elective Surgery After Colon Cancer Diagnosis has Higher Risk of ...

Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performed a rare, life-saving surgery to remove a nearly 20-kg ...

A mum, 43, with two young children reveals how she had cancer for years before she was diagnosed and wants to encourage ...

Sang W. Lee PROCTOLOGY Clinical Professor; Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery Keck Medicine of USC Sang W. Lee, MD has pioneered ...

Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract, though it rarely presents with perforation in adulthood. Clinical presentation may often mimic more benign ...

Case 1 (M.G.H. 22714). A 25-year-old woman with a lye stricture of the esophagus was admitted to the hospital on November 2, 1955, for the 71st time. At the age of 4 she had accidentally swallowed lye ...

Doctors at the All India Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi on Friday announced a successful surgery where they removed a ...