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Adrian Thiessen had a vitamin-sized capsule camera trapped in his intestines for over six months. He says it saved his life.

Brazilian doctors said Monday that former President Jair Bolsonaro is conscious and remains in intensive care following a 12-hour surgery for a bowel obstruction the day prior.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is undergoing a new surgery Sunday morning in Brasilia, his doctors said. The ...

Colorectal cancer surgery remains a vital area of research due to its prevalence and the critical role of surgery as a curative treatment. Recent ...

Using data from the National Cancer Database, investigators assess the prevalence of open, laparoscopic, and robotic surgeries across facilities as well as associated trends.

She went under anesthesia, but was told when she woke up that the surgery couldn’t be completed. “I open my eyes and I knew immediately something was wrong,” LeMarbre told the 8 News Now Inv ...

But before the surgery on her colon, even a walk with her dog, Miley, brought fear. “It's just a horrific thought to think that, you know, you could just be walking along one day, and all of a ...

A colorectal cancer expert has warned that thousands could be suffering a little-known symptom of the deadly disease that few people know about. Tenesmus - constantly feeling an urge to open your ...

“In the last 20 years, we have seen a significant increase of patients in their 20s, 30s, and 40s,” Dr. Ovunc Bardakcioglu, Professor and Colon and Rectal Surgery Chief for UNLV’s Department of ...