Colorectal surgeries are major operations with a significant recovery period. Depending on the exact procedure you have done, you will spend time recovering in the hospital, maybe even a ...

Both lobectomy and segmentectomy demonstrated better outcomes than wedge resection, which had five-year OS of 66.3% and 10-year OS of 41.4%. This research highlights the profound effect of using ...

Your surgeon removes the cancer from the bowel lining, along with a border of healthy tissue (margin). This is called a local resection. The surgeon uses a flexible tube called a colonoscope to do the ...

Local resection is for small, early stage colon cancers. Your surgeon removes the cancer from the bowel lining, along with a border of healthy tissue (margin). Surgery to remove all of or a part of ...

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