A new update from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is calling for greater caution before surgery is ...

When Wanda Cook went to Houston Northwest Medical Center last March to have a single-incision laparoscopic colectomy, she had no idea she would be the first at the hospital to receive the new ...

For example, if a patient has ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease that is not well controlled with medication, or if a colonoscopy shows precancerous lesions, a doctor may recommend a total or ...

Are the long-term complications of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer similar to the results after open surgery? In a multicenter (30 centers, eight countries) randomized study published in the ...

The rates of colectomy among children with ulcerative colitis in the US have remained stable between 1997 and 2009, while postoperative complication rates have increased significantly, according to ...