A new study published in the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology revealed that intraoperative proctosigmoidoscopy is a feasible and valuable adjunct during surgery for Endometriosis ...

Vanessa Gomez has newfound reasons to mark Cancer Awareness Month and encourage others to be aware of their bodies and advocate for themselves if they think something isn’t right. Gomez, ...

This article reviews the pathogenesis, clinical presentation and surgical management of rectal prolapse. Full-thickness prolapse of the rectum causes significant discomfort because of the sensation of ...

Chennai: SRM Prime Hospital successfully saved a patient suffering from advanced colon cancer, a cancer that develops in the ...

Colon cancer is appearing more often in younger adults, and many of those cases go undetected until the disease has already spread.

When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure—referred to as a radical small bowel ...

When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure - referred to as a radical small bowel ...

A wide range of etiologies and pathogenic mechanisms underlie colitis. This Review provides an overview of the pathophysiology, epidemiology, histopathology, and clinical characteristics of ...

What are the signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer? Common signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer include blood in the stool, narrow or ribbon-like stools, abdominal cramping or pain, fatigue, and ...

A specialist doctor or nurse (endoscopist) uses a flexible sigmoidoscope for this test. This is a thin, flexible tube that has a small light and a camera at one end. You may also hear it called an ...

iDepartment of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands jCentre of Human Drug Research, Leiden, Netherlands kDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, ...

Background: The Hartmann procedure remains the treatment of choice for most surgeons for the urgent surgical treatment of perforated diverticulitis; however, it is associated with high rates of ostomy ...