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 ...

Laparoscopic colectomy is an underused procedure for the treatment of colovesical fistulas despite the fact that this technique is associated with better outcomes including lower mortality, lower ...

AUSTIN -- Fewer colectomies are being performed among newly hospitalized patients with ulcerative colitis in the era of modern biologics, according to an analysis of 2009-2017 data. Among patients at ...

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 ...

Molecular Testing for Selection of Patients With Lung Cancer for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: American Society of Clinical Oncology ...

Some laparoscopic surgeries are significantly less expensive for hospitals to execute than traditional open procedures. Use of the procedure can save money expended by the provider and lost ...