If you’ve been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, or another condition that affects the colon, you may need a colon resection.

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 ...

When you might need resection surgery for Crohn's disease, and what to expect before, during, and after the procedure.

For some diseases and conditions, part of the bowel needs to be removed. Learn more about this procedure, which doctors call bowel resection.

The 3D magnification and wristed instruments make it much easier to obtain a clean resection margin. I am confident this is the way all colon and rectal surgery will be performed in the future.” ...

Learn about small bowel resection, an operation to remove a damaged section of your small intestines.

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 ...

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

Local resection is for small, early stage colon cancers. Your surgeon removes the cancer from the bowel lining, along with a border of healthy tissue (margin).

Low muscle quality and quantity are both predictive of poor outcomes in colon resection surgery, according to a new study published in JAMA Surgery.

Low muscle quality and quantity are both predictive of poor outcomes in colon resection surgery, according to a new study published in JAMA Surgery.