Colostomies have traditionally been done with open surgeries, but laparoscopic surgery offers a less invasive option that can help limit pain, recovery time, and possible complications. A laparoscopic ...

Laparoscopic Colon Surgery Means Faster Recovery for Some Cancer Patients If colorectal cancer is found through screening, surgery is quickly scheduled to remove the tumor. The standard open surgery ...

Meta analysis in obese colorectal cancer patients found robotic assisted surgery modestly reduced hospital stay versus standard laparoscopy, with no significant differences in complications, ...

Although in the past decade there have been numerous reports on laparoscopic colorectal surgery for cancer, the majority of these are retrospective. The few published prospective randomized trials ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- When performed by experienced surgeons, minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery is a safe and effective alternative to standard open surgery for most patients with cancer that is ...

Initial results of the CLASICC trial have recently been presented in the Lancet by Guillou and co-workers. This study aimed to compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic resection with those of ...

Colorectal Surgery with Transanal Excision procedure is an option for patients needing colon or rectal removal. In this procedure, the surgeon removes the colon or rectum and the surrounding tissue ...

In today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Mayo Clinic confirm the safety of a noninvasive type of surgery for colon cancer. Laparoscopy was first used to treat colon ...

April 16, 2012 — Patients who undergo an open abdominal surgery are at least 4 times more likely to develop small bowel obstruction (SBO) compared with patients who undergo laparoscopic surgery for ...

Market forces in healthcare, such as managed care programs and hospital competition increase the likelihood patients will undergo laparoscopic surgery to treat colon cancer, according to researchers ...