A bowel resection is a surgery to remove any part of the bowel. This includes the small intestine, large intestine, or rectum. Doctors use it to treat diseases and blockages of the large intestine ...

(HealthDay News) – Laparoscopic resection for colon cancer in elderly patients is associated with lower risk of discharge to a nursing facility compared with open surgery, according to a study ...

Bowel endometriosis affects 3-37% of patients with endometriosis, involving more frequently the rectum and the rectosigmoid junction. Severe endometriosis with bowel involvement is often refractory to ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Laparoscopic resection for colon cancer improves the odds that an elderly patient will be discharged home, rather than to a nursing facility, a new study suggests. "We are beginning ...

What Is a Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection? It’s an operation in which a surgeon removes your anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon through small cuts in your belly. You may need this operation if ...

Minimally invasive, laparoscopically assisted surgery was first considered in 1990 for patients undergoing colectomy for cancer. Concern that this approach would compromise survival by failing to ...