An investigation of the relationship between tumor location and survival following colon cancer resection. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This ...

THE changes in the surgical management of malignant lesions of the colon effected in the last few years have resulted in a marked reduction in the mortality following radical operations on the large ...

Are there identifiable causes that can predict the occurrence of an anastomotic leak after colorectal surgery? Using a case-control method, the study authors compared 90 patients with demonstrable ...

Anastomotic leakage remains one of the most severe complications following rectal cancer surgery. It is characterised by a defect at the suture or staple line, leading to a breach in the bowel’s ...

The involvement of 2 surgeons during cytoreductive debulking and bowel surgery in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer significantly reduces the rate of anastomotic leaks. In hopes of achieving ...

An interdisciplinary research team from Dresden University of Technology (TUD), Rostock University Medical Center (UMR) and ...

We present a case of a female in her late 40s with a 5-year history of well-managed type II diabetes mellitus, systemic hypertension and dyslipidaemia presented with acute severe abdominal pain, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics resulted in fewer overall postoperative complications vs.

Hospitals suffer high costs from just a few common surgical procedures. However, intraoperative endoscopy (IOE) may help hospitals decrease these costs and complications. During an Olympus Corporation ...