A colectomy is a type of surgery that removes part or all of the colon. The colon is part of the large intestine that connects the small intestine to the rectum. The colon is removed either in ...

Most pain felt after any surgery will be from the abdominal incision, which with this technique are minimal. Patients are usually able to walk right after and most do not need to use narcotic pain ...

Partial or complete removal of the colon. A colostomy is an opening (stoma) in the large intestine (colon), or the surgical procedure that creates one. The opening is formed by drawing the healthy ...

Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...

In addition, 33 patients (7%) underwent total or subtotal colectomy (12 stomas among them), while the remaining 216 patients (44%) underwent other type of surgical procedures including Hartman ...

Noble Hospitals has already conducted its first procedure using the SSI Mantra system: a robotic right extended hemicolectomy on a patient diagnosed with colon carcinoma. This life-saving surgery ...