Abstract e15071 Background: Laparoscopic splenic flexure mobilization was technically difficult for left colon cancer. This study was aimed to compare the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic ...

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 ...

For patients with colon cancer, laparoscopic colectomy has been associated with early recovery and quality-of-life benefits compared with open colectomy; however, long-term outcome data on tumor ...

WebMD explains laparoscopic ileocolectomy and right colectomy, operations to treat colorectal cancer and other bowel problems.

Laparoscopic colectomy has shown superiority in clinical trials to open colectomy, but most physicians still choose open resection as the standard of surgical care for colon cancer, according to ...

Two of these patients underwent laparoscopic left hemicolectomies 14 and 10 days after laparoscopic colotomy and polypectomy. For the management of endoscopically unresectable polyps, laparoscopic ...

Conclusion There is wide geographic variation in the utilization of laparoscopic colectomy for Medicare patients with colon cancer, suggesting treatment location may substantially influence a ...

Dear Dr, on 2 Oct this year I had to have a left hemi-colectomy performed. This was done in JHB and I returned home in PE and I am recovering well. I am surprised to be extremely constipated and too ...

For some diseases and conditions, part of the bowel needs to be removed. Learn more about this procedure, which doctors call bowel resection.