CLINICAL findings and laboratory tests frequently fail to indicate accurately the pathologic status of the gall bladder in acute cholecystitis. Gangrene with incipient or actual perforation may exist ...

Our surgeons have unique expertise in some of the newest, most innovative, minimally-invasive surgical procedures to treat gastrointestinal cancers, including cancers of the stomach, small intestine, ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

The cutaneous catheterizable ileocecocytoplasty is a surgery that we have found to be very successful here at University of Utah Health. In this surgery the bladder is expanded with large bowel from ...

From the Surgical Service of the New Haven Hospital. Read before the Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society at Burlington, Vermont, September 29, 1934. Harvey, Samuel C. — Professor of ...

Recurrent and re-operative colon surgery is a procedure that is performed when cancer in the colon has returned after initial treatment or when a previous colorectal surgery was unsuccessful. This ...

We were live with Dr. Amit Agarwal, MD, Assistant Professor, Colon and Rectal Surgeon, to answer frequently asked questions about colon and rectal surgeries. A Texas native, Dr. Amit Agarwal received ...

A decade-long study comparing conventional colon cancer surgery with “keyhole” surgery found identical success rates, disproving fears that tumors would be more likely to return if surgeons did not ...