A significant relationship between visceral obesity and anastomotic leakage was found, which indicates that visceral obesity could be a risk factor in surgery for colon cancer. Surgery for colon ...
A decade-long study comparing conventional colon cancer surgery with “keyhole” surgery found identical success rates, disproving fears that tumors would be more likely to return if surgeons did not ...
Recurrent and re-operative colon surgery is a procedure that is performed when cancer in the colon has returned after initial treatment or when a previous colorectal surgery was unsuccessful. This ...
The family of a patient who survived colon cancer surgery in 2021 but died eight days after a follow-up procedure in 2022 is suing the surgeon and Bridgeport, Conn.-based St. Vincent’s Medical Center, ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month and experts say by 2030, it will be the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for people under the age of 50. A new clinical trial ...
We were live with Dr. Amit Agarwal, MD, Assistant Professor, Colon and Rectal Surgeon, to answer frequently asked questions about colon and rectal surgeries. Watch it on our ABC13 Facebook page ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Hartford’s Mayor Luke Bronin is having colon surgery this weekend to treat his ulcerative colitis. Doctors will perform laparoscopic abdominal surgery to remove Bronin’s colon ...