Associate Professor and Program Director of the UAB Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Jamie Cannon, M.D., and Assistant Professor Drew Gunnells, M.D., published “Robotic Surgery in Crohn’s Disease” in the ...

Robotic APR shows better short-term outcomes than laparoscopic APR, with lower positive resection margins and conversion rates to open surgery. Robotic APR is associated with longer operation times ...

Robotic surgery is associated with improved outcomes over laparoscopic procedures for colon cancer patients undergoing colectomies, according to a new study by Dallas-based University of Texas ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery was found to be more effective in harvesting lymph nodes compared with conventional surgery with similar outcomes. Surgery is the most prevalent treatment for colon ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Virtual Incision Corp. announced FDA approval of an Investigational Device Exemption supplement for its final ...

Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...

About 150,000 people are newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer every year, making the disease the third most common cancer in the U.S. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2026, more than ...

Biologic drugs have made it easier to manage Crohn's disease, but surgery is still sometimes needed. Almost half of people with Crohn's will need surgery within 10 years after their diagnosis, even if ...