Q: Is Diverticular-Associated Colitis a Subset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Does My Patient Need Any Medical Therapy to Prevent Recurrence of Colitis? A: Diverticular-associated colitis is an ...

Elective sigmoid resection for patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis yielded a better quality of life and prevented recurrences compared with nonsurgical ...

Laparoscopic sigmoid resection significantly improved quality of life (QOL) in patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis, though was associated with a small but ...

Elective laparoscopic sigmoid resection improves quality of life and decreases the risk of recurrence of diverticulitis compared with conservative treatment, according to 2-year follow-up results from ...

Sigmoid volvulus accounts for 2% to 5% of all large bowel obstructions in the United States and continues to carry a relatively high morbidity and mortality. The safety of 1-stage resectional therapy ...

THE purpose of this paper is to advocate a more aggressive attitude toward the surgical treatment of diverticulitis of the colon, which in the past has usually been withheld until after complications ...

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 ...

Because of their difficult location or size, some polyps are impossible to remove with a flexible colonoscope and must be surgically removed. Laparoscopy is a great alternative. To assess outcomes of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An 80-year-old woman with personal history of early-stage breast cancer, treated with lumpectomy and radiation ...

To date, long-term safety including functional outcomes of transanal natural orifice specimen extraction surgery (NOSES) for colorectal cancer resection has not been confirmed. To explore the short- ...