Laparoscopic total abdominal colectomy is a surgery that removes the large intestine to treat inflammatory conditions of the intestine, such as ulcerative colitis and familiar polyposis. Learn ...

Left hemicolectomy: A surgeon removes the descending colon before reattaching the transverse colon. ... If a person has an open hemicolectomy instead of laparoscopic surgery, ...

May 3, 2009 — New research has confirmed that short-term complications are less likely in patients who undergo laparoscopic colectomy compared with open colectomy. The finding was announced at ...

Methods: BOA was entering the bursa omentalis prior to separating left Toldt’s fascia. We retrospectively analyzed data of 32 cases undergoing laparoscopic radical left hemicolectomy using BOA, ...

The overall survival rate at three years was also very similar in the two groups (86 percent in the laparoscopic-surgery group and 85 percent in the open-colectomy group; P=0.51; hazard ratio for ...

Fleshman J et al. (2007) Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer is not inferior to open surgery based on 5-year data from the COST Study Group trial. Ann Surg 246: 655–664 ...

He pointed out that on Tuesday the medical team at hospital performed a laparoscopic left hemicolectomy. “The STH will continue its efforts to integrate these advanced procedures into routine care.

What Is a Laparoscopic Ileocolectomy and Right Colectomy? A laparoscopic ileocolectomy is an operation that removes a diseased section of the ileum (last segment of the small bowel) and ascending ...