The open-label Laparoscopic Elective Sigmoid Resection Following Diverticulitis (LASER) trial was conducted in six hospitals in Finland. Ninety patients with recurring, persistent, painful ...

The large intestine includes four sections: the sigmoid colon ... Diverticulosis and diverticulitis. Diverticulosis happens when small pouches form in the lining of your colon.

Griffin was 44 when doctors discovered that a 4.3-centimeter tumor had broken through the wall of her sigmoid ... complete colon obstruction and would have required resection with colostomy ...

A CT scan after those treatments showed that her liver metastases, were shrinking but another mass in her sigmoid colon appeared ... undergo a combination of resection and ablation in her liver.

Since the sigmoid colon is the most common site ... attack for patients with the complications of diverticulitis. The use of one-stage resection, when indicated, does not imply an increase in ...

Colostomy procedures can help with managing several conditions, including diverticulitis ... descending, and sigmoid. Each is named for the part of the colon in which a surgeon makes the stoma.

the stage of your cancer where it is in your colon For a small early stage colon cancer, your surgeon might just remove the cancer from the bowel lining, along with a border of healthy tissue. This is ...

Diverticulosis and diverticulitis are diverticular diseases ... closing the bladder wall, or a colonic resection. If cancer is found in the sigmoid colon, this part of the colon is removed, and the ...

Within 2 years, 61% of the conservative group had recurrent diverticulitis compared with 11% in surgery group. Elective sigmoid resection reduced recurrence and improved quality of life in ...

Diverticulosis and diverticulitis are digestive tract conditions ... though they are most common in the sigmoid colon (the part of the colon that is closest to the rectum).

The most common type of surgery for diverticulitis is a sigmoid resection. The sigmoid colon is a part of the colon that sits just before the rectum. A surgeon removes this part of the colon and ...

What Is a Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection? It’s an operation in which a surgeon removes your anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon through small cuts in your belly. You may need this operation ...