Summerville Medical Center recently marked a major milestone in its minimally invasive robotic surgery program, performing the first procedure using its new state-of-the-art robotic surgical system.

An episode of complicated diverticulitis had been treated with sigmoid colectomy and partial small ... which can develop after gastric surgery or excess zinc supplementation, is less common ...

5 These include (1) at least five SPs proximal to the sigmoid, with two or more ... because of bowel obstruction due to previous surgery. The other two patients underwent a proctocolectomy and ...

Proctosigmoiditis is a form of left-sided ulcerative colitis that affects the rectum and sigmoid colon rather ... a doctor may recommend surgery. Recent clinical guidelines recommend mesalamine ...

Surgeons achieve greater precision, accuracy in bariatric surgery using thin robotic arms Abu Dhabi: A 24-year-old Emirati man, who weighed 120kg, has successfully lost 35kg following robotic ...

A colectomy involves removing the damaged portion of the bowel, including the small intestine, large intestine, or rectum. This surgery is also referred to as a bowel resection. When only part of ...

TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will have season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Tuesday. The Yankees said the 34-year-old right-hander was examined Monday by Dr ...

But if your symptoms don't get better after a few months, surgery may be an option. It can improve your pain faster than other treatments, but it can have side effects. Surgery should take the ...

Spinal stenosis surgery helps to reopen your spinal canal, the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows ...

Issues that may lead to a total colectomy include familial adenomatous polyposis with the presence of hundreds of polyps and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Learn more about surgery for colon ...

Comparison of laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma involving specific sites: A ...