Laparoscopic bowel resection improved pelvic pain and quality of life in women with rectosigmoid endometriosis did not respond to hormone therapy, according to new research.These findings led ...

April 8, 2004 — Survival and disease control of rectosigmoid cancer at five years are similar for open and laparoscopic resection, according to the results of a randomized trial published in the ...

The increased detection of small-sized peripheral non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has renewed interest in sublobar resection in lieu of lobectomy.We conducted a multicenter, noninferiority ...

Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel resection can be done for many diseases that affect the colon, such as colorectal ...

Background: Radical surgical resection represents the only potentially curative treatment option for Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC) and Gallbladder Carcinoma (GBC). Nevertheless, 5-year OS is only 20–40% ...

Laparoscopic resection: The surgeon makes two to four small cuts (incisions) on the belly. They insert a thin tube with a tiny camera into one incision. This is called a laparoscope.

Rectal carcinoid tumors ≤10 mm in diameter have a very low rate of metastasis and are, therefore, good candidates for endoscopic resection—a less-invasive alternative to surgical resection ...