Colon cancer surgery takes about 3 hours but can range from 2 to 8 hours. It depends on how much of the colon your doctor needs to remove and if they perform an open or laparoscopic colectomy.

Colorectal Surgery with Transanal Excision procedure is an option for patients needing colon or rectal removal. In this procedure, the surgeon removes the colon or rectum and the surrounding tissue ...

Colon cancer is treated with surgery. With new technology, surgery can now be done with an incision that is one to three inches long. For rectal cancer, shrinking the tumor before surgery with ...

St. Joseph's Health Hospital has recently introduced the da Vinci Single-Port robot system, which allows for smaller ...

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwired - Sep 5, 2013) - Colorectal surgeon Eric Haas, MD is the founder and president of Colorectal Surgical Associates, working closely with his colleagues, Dr. Ali Mahmood and ...

The process and tools have evolved over the years, but TATA surgeries remain at the forefront of colorectal surgery technique. For the TATA, a laparoscope is inserted through a small (typically ½ inch ...

A Las Vegas hospital joins an FDA clinical trial to confirm the safety and feasibility of using a new, single-incision technology in a variety of colorectal surgeries. VIEW E-EDITION 25¢ for 3 mos ...

“We are able to make much smaller incisions and do everything that we would normally go through a large, you know, 15-inch incision through a small 3/8 of an inch incision and people are getting ...