An anastomotic leak after colorectal surgery is a highly undesirable event that can lead to excess mortality, reoperative surgery, and increased length of stay. At 2.7%, the overall anastomotic leak ...

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 ...

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 ...

Colorectal surgery involves resection, or removal, of parts of the colon, rectum or both, to remove cancer. Surgery is most effective when the tumor is diagnosed before it has spread to other parts of ...

Colorectal surgery is a medical operation that is performed on the colon, rectum and anus. Colorectal surgeons, who are also referred to as proctologists, are responsible for carrying out this ...

Most patients hear of their cancer diagnosis, and would never think to delay treatment. However, what if other factors came into effect? And better yet, what if a few weeks made no difference in the ...

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 ...

Objective: To evaluate predictors and burden of emergency colorectal cancer resection (E-CCR). Study Design: Cross-sectional study of 127 975 discharges of patients with colorectal cancer undergoing ...