Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Anastomotic ulcers that develop after ileocolic resections are linked to the recurrence of ...

This month's SAGES-Medscape featured article is "Endoscopic Vacuum-Assisted Closure of Anastomotic Leakage Following Anterior Resection of the Rectum: A New Method" by Rolf Weidenhagen, et al. from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics resulted in fewer overall postoperative complications vs.

An anastomotic leak after colorectal surgery is a highly undesirable event that can lead to excess mortality, reoperative surgery, and increased length of stay. At 2.7%, the overall anastomotic leak ...

In patients with perforated diverticulitis and peritonitis, primary anastomosis proved superior to Hartmann's procedure for 12-month stoma-free survival and overall morbidity after stoma reversal, ...

Distal Spread of Carcinoma of the Rectosigmoid. In 1952 Cole 10 reported the recurrence of carcinoma in the suture line after adequate anterior resection of the rectum in 10 per cent of a series of 55 ...

Anastomotic leakage continues to be one of the most serious complications following low anterior resections. Early diagnosis of a leak is difficult but critical to minimize morbidity and mortality. To ...

A retrospective study of patients with distal rectal cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has found a higher rate of local recurrence after intersphincteric resection with handsewn ...

Complete laparoscopic radical resection of colorectal cancer without incision anastomosis is performed by means of natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE), which avoids a large abdominal wall ...

CLINICAL experience with patients who have had massive bowel resection suggests that gastric hypersecretion may occur and can significantly affect the course. Summarized below are 2 cases in which an ...