Introduction Each year, millions of people experience recurrent diverticulitis episodes. Elective sigmoid colon resection reduces the risk of recurrence, but The American Society of Colon and Rectal ...

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New data indicate that nonoperative surveillance after removing a malignant colorectal polyp can achieve high rates of rectal ...

Unlike conventional procedures that require large incisions, minimally invasive surgeries are performed through tiny openings ...

Market forces in healthcare, such as managed care programs and hospital competition increase the likelihood patients will undergo laparoscopic surgery to treat colon cancer, according to researchers ...