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

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 ...

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

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88 after a prolonged illness, the Vatican announced on Monday. The pontiff, who was the ...

The most frequently described laparoscopic operations for the management of patients with IBD are restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis and ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease.

These confirmed the child had Hirschsprung's disease—a congenital condition where nerve cells vital for bowel movement are ... of subjecting the child to open surgery—where the affected ...

"We always leave the skin open because this wound is ... The pros of a colostomy reversal are your bowel movements work like they did before surgery. And you won't need to wear or manage your ...

Surgery sometimes can be used if the cancer ... the surgeon could put in a tube called a stent to keep the bowel open. You'll get that stent put in during a colonoscopy. Chemotherapy uses drugs ...

“I say it’s my bag for life that saved my life. I have called it Stitch, after Lilo and Stitch. “Some people stay a stoma is ...

Bishop Michael Martin and other Catholic leaders in the Charlotte area reacted to the death of Francis, who had appeared in a ...

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

Francis had left open the possibility of stepping down if ... That same year he also underwent surgery for a hernia, and in 2021 he had colon surgery. He suffered knee pain that required him ...