This procedure involves removing a portion of the large intestine and creating an ileostomy to redirect human waste. People will likely need to adjust their diet after surgery. People with colon ...

A new approach to reduce toxicity and improve quality of life in colon cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

This study of immediate outcome after a commonly performed surgical gastrointestinal procedure showed no early advantage for robotic compared with laparoscopic surgery. The study was performed in the ...

For patients with colon cancer, laparoscopic colectomy has been associated with early recovery and quality-of-life benefits compared with open colectomy; however, long-term outcome data on tumor ...

Organ index of immunological and anti-tumor effect of intratumor injection of penicillin sodium combined with chemotherapy drug for tumor-bearing mice. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 ...

Dear Doctors: My husband is 78 years old. A second colectomy left him with one-fourth of his colon, and he suffers from chronic diarrhea. I’ve read that he should avoid sugar and alcohol, which he won ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Historically, colectomy risk at 10 years has been about 15% for patients with UC, which has not decreased over ...

People who have had a colectomy have increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals.

The risk for colectomy declined over the past two decades among Finnish patients with newly diagnosed ulcerative colitis (UC), particularly between 2013 and 2020, when several advanced treatment ...

Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) take more time off work than the general population, even after undergoing colectomy, shows a large Swedish study. Furthermore, in study patients who underwent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black, Hispanic and female patients with ulcerative colitis were significantly less likely to undergo colectomy.