New data indicate that nonoperative surveillance after removing a malignant colorectal polyp can achieve high rates of rectal ...

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 ...

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 ...

SafeHeal(R) , a leading innovator in the field of colorectal cancer surgery, today announced the first patient enrollment in its pivotal IDE study of Colovac(R), a groundbreaking endoluminal bypass ...

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 ...

Endoscopic resection of T1 colorectal carcinomas had statistically similar outcomes to oncologic surgery, even when patients were thought to be at increased risk of cancer reoccurrence, according to ...

Thermal ablation demonstrated noninferiority to surgical resection for small colorectal liver metastases, with comparable overall survival and local control outcomes. The COLLISION trial showed ...