Conclusively, current medical and surgical therapy of acute diverticulitis is effective ... to be higher in patients undergoing emergency surgery than those treated conservatively, this finding ...

Then healthy parts of the colon or rectum are sewn back together ... Sometimes a laparoscopic surgery has to be changed to an open resection during the surgery. Resection is another name for any ...

This surgery is for small, early stage colon cancers. Your surgeon removes the cancer from the bowel lining, along with a border of healthy tissue (margin). This is called a local resection. The ...

Elective sigmoid resection usually is recommended after a recurrent uncomplicated diverticulitis or after ... no consensus on the use of laparoscopic surgery versus open sigmoid resection for ...

Then healthy parts of the colon or rectum are sewn back together ... from previous surgery Your doctor's expertise and experience Sometimes a laparoscopic surgery has to be changed to an open ...

Surgery to remove a small part of bowel lining (local resection) This surgery is for small ... Your surgeon might remove the part of the colon containing the tumour. This is called a colectomy. How ...