Bowel resection is done either by opening the abdomen (open resection) or by laparoscopy. Laparoscopy for bowel resection usually involves 3 to 6 very small incisions instead of one large one.

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology - Laparoscopic bowel resection: comparable efficacy to that of open surgery in patients with colon cancer ...

This somewhat aggressive approach may be precluded in patients who require extensive bowel resection (s) for far-advanced disease because of the attendant risk of intestinal failure ("short gut ...

What’s Percutaneous Abscess Drainage (PAD) vs. Open Surgery? In the past, the go-to method for drainage has been open surgery. This involves doing a bowel resection, in which the surgeon removes ...

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of CRC secondary to the pro-neoplastic effects of chronic mucosal inflammation. Open resection is one of the treatment modalities ...

Key takeaways: Mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics resulted in fewer overall postoperative complications vs. mechanical prep alone. Fewer surgical site infections and anastomotic ...

In patients with massive bowel resection, the pancreas-stimulating hormones normally secreted by the first two thirds of the small intestine may be diminished or lacking. 14 Thus, in time, a ...

Incidence of ipsilateral recurrence after open or thoracoscopic resection of colorectal lung metastases. Authors: Nuria Prenafeta Claramunt, David Hwang, Gail Elizabeth Darling, Marc de Perrot, Andrew ...