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Original Source: Laparoscopic Versus Open Sigmoid Colectomy for Diverticular Disease
Aim: This is a prospective, randomized comparison of traditional open (OS) and laparoscopic sigmoidectomy (LS) in patients with complicated diverticular disease. The study is designed in order to minimize bias by standardizing the two procedures and blinding patients and nurses during the preoperative and early postoperative period. Hypothesis: A laparoscopic approach for sigmoidectomy has significant advantages over the open technique with respect to postoperative pain, durat...
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Polyps of the Colon and Rectum
Colon or Colorectal cancer is the growth of malignant polyps on the colon, bowel, anus and rectum. Growths in these locations can be benign, and removed by colonoscopy, but they have a risk of becom...
Ulcerative colitis is a disease that affects around 120,000 people in the UK and causes inflammation of the large intestine - or colon. Symptoms vary in severity from pain and discomfort, through mu...
APC stands for adenomatous polyposis coli, a form of colorectal cancer and is a tumour suppressor
APC stands for adenomatous polyposis coli, a form of colorectal cancer and is a tumour suppressor. When APC it mutated, it can cause this particular type of colorectal cancer. When not present in it...
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Early Surgery for Sigmoid Volvulus May be Safe and Effective
Early elective surgery for sigmoid volvulus appears to be associated with a lower incidence of recurrence and a favorable long-term prognosis compared with conservative treatment. Medscape Medical N...
Laparoscopic vs Open Surgery for Colon Cancer
Commentary on a study comparing laparoscopic with conventional open surgery for the treatment of colon cancer, published December 2012 in the Annals of Surgery. Medscape General Surgery
Laparoscopic Colon Surgery Best for Infection Control
A new meta-analysis supports the existing recommendation for the use of laparoscopic vs open colectomy to reduce infection risk. Avoiding mechanical bowel prep also helps. Medscape Medical News
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy safer than bariatric and metabolic surgery
Studies from Stanford University, Cleveland Clinic Florida and the Naval Medical Center in San Diego show laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, an increasingly popular surgical procedure where the stomach...
Major laparoscopic hepatectomy safe in selected patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Three different types of laparoscopic major hepatectomy, and traditional open liver resection, all yielded similar results in a systematic literature review by Japanese...
Laparoscopic Pyelolithotomy Good for Large Renal Pelvic Stones
For patients with large renal pelvic calculi, laparoscopic pyelolithotomy (LP) is as safe and effective as percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), researchers from China report. Reuters Health Informat...
CareFusion introduces new laparoscopic surgical scissors
US based medical technology company CareFusion has introduced a new line of laparoscopic scissors, expanding its take-apart laparoscopic surgical instruments product line.
Single-incision approach yields no benefit in laparoscopic gallbladder surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A systematic review of the literature shows that for any outcome, single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) is not superior to standard 4-port laparoscopic ch...
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BACKGROUND: The aim of the study is to analyze the results of laparoscopy in septuagenarians with sigmoid colon or rectal cancer. METHODS: Patients who underwent laparoscopic or hand-assisted laparosc...
This report presents the case of a two-step laparoscopic resection and reconstruction for obstructive colitis accompanied by advanced sigmoid colon cancer. An 81-year-old woman was admitted with a dia...
PURPOSE: Colonic volvulus is one of the causes of large bowel obstruction with sigmoid colon being the most usually affected part. Surgery is the gold standard when signs of peritonitis are present or...
BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that simulator-generated metrics and intraoperative errors may be able to differentiate the technical differences between hand-assisted laparoscopic (HAL) and straight lapa...
PURPOSE: Side-to-end anastomosis using the descending colon has been proved to be as effective as J pouch in alleviating low anterior resection syndrome. However, using the sigmo...
