Initial results of the CLASICC trial have recently been presented in the Lancet by Guillou and co-workers. This study aimed to compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic resection with those ...

Sometimes a laparoscopic surgery has to be changed to an open resection during the surgery. Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection for ...

Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy ... scar tissue in the area from previous surgery Your doctor's expertise and experience Sometimes a laparoscopic surgery has to be changed to an open ...

Laparoscopic wedge resection is recommended for GISTs larger than 4 cm due to higher complete resection rates. Endoscopic resection offers faster recovery and fewer postoperative symptoms, despite ...

Background Laparoscopic adhesiolysis is emerging as an alternative for open surgery in adhesive small bowel obstruction. Retrospective studies suggest that laparoscopic approach shortens hospital ...

of terminal ileum. The ileocecal valve and colon are intact. This patient is of additional interest in that gastric hypersecretion followed the resection and was corrected by pyloroplasty and ...

A bowel resection is a surgical procedure ... and surgical tools to remove a section of the intestine manually. Laparoscopic ...

SANG W. LEE PROCTOLOGY Clinical Professor; Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery Keck Medicine of USC Dr. Sang Lee is one of the ...

He noted the heterogeneity estimates his group found were I 2 =95% for laparoscopic ... sigmoid resection and diversion (pooled P=0.0002) and an association between small bowel resection and ...