When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer—which includes both colon and rectal cancers—many people immediately think ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

Colorectal surgeons are specialists in their field, focusing on the physiology of the lower digestive tract. The term “colorectal” is a combination of the words colon and rectal. This area of the body ...

For many people diagnosed with colorectal cancer, surgery can bring lifesaving treatment but also lasting changes. Approximately one-third of colorectal cancer survivors receive a temporary or ...

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 ...

Recurrent and re-operative colon surgery is a procedure that is performed when cancer in the colon has returned after initial treatment or when a previous colorectal surgery was unsuccessful. This ...

The colon is part of the digestive system. It helps the body absorb water and nutrients from food before excreting the waste. It is made up of muscle and located just below the stomach. People ...

The cutaneous catheterizable ileocecocytoplasty is a surgery that we have found to be very successful here at University of Utah Health. In this surgery the bladder is expanded with large bowel from ...

Research published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology provides robust evidence for the use of a digital ...