ORLANDO, Fla. — Partial colectomy may be a viable treatment for certain patients with colorectal cancer and ulcerative colitis, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week. Recurrent CRC was ...

What is the appropriate work-up for chronic functional constipation, and how successful is partial colectomy in patients whose very-slow-transit constipation is "resistant" to routine treatment?

For example, if a patient has ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease that is not well controlled with medication, or if a colonoscopy shows precancerous lesions, a doctor may recommend a total 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 ...

Boston-based Brigham & Women’s Hospital researchers found seven types of emergency general surgeries accounted for 80.2 percent of inpatient costs in the United States, according to Medscape ...

Genome-wide association study for germline prognostic markers in colorectal cancer. Use of a prognostic (prog) gene index and nodal status to identify a subset of stage II and III colon cancer ...