Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Laparoscopic bowel resection improved pelvic pain and quality of life in women with rectosigmoid endometriosis ...

Distal Spread of Carcinoma of the Rectosigmoid. In 1952 Cole 10 reported the recurrence of carcinoma in the suture line after adequate anterior resection of the rectum in 10 per cent of a series of 55 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics resulted in fewer overall postoperative complications vs.

April 8, 2004 — Survival and disease control of rectosigmoid cancer at five years are similar for open and laparoscopic resection, according to the results of a randomized trial published in the April ...

Surgical resection of the rectum requires dissection close to the nerves responsible for bladder and sexual function. The inferior hypogastric plexus is responsible for erection in both men and women.

Rectal carcinoid tumors ≤10 mm in diameter have a very low rate of metastasis and are, therefore, good candidates for endoscopic resection—a less-invasive alternative to surgical resection.

Additionally, resection with ultralow anastomosis results in functional compromise in many patients. Local treatment of rectal cancer aims to decrease the morbidity and the functional sequelae ...

A retrospective study of patients with distal rectal cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has found a higher rate of local recurrence after intersphincteric resection with handsewn ...

A new definition of rectal cancer in the Netherlands prompted reclassification of cancer as sigmoid tumors, which could lead to better treatment. Rectal and sigmoidal tumors have been hard to ...