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 ...

Exploratory laparotomy is a type of abdominal surgery. It’s not used as often as it once was, but it’s still necessary in certain circumstances. Let’s take a closer look at exploratory laparotomy and ...

IT is the purpose of this paper to discuss collagen disease of the small bowel and to report this condition in its early and late stages so that it can be readily recognized clinically in the ...

IT is well recognized that cancer cells implanted onto a raw tissue surface are capable not only of surviving there but also of growing and forming a metastatic nodule. Accordingly, when a malignant ...

I attempted a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 65-year-old, well-preserved patient who had undergone exploratory laparotomy for sigmoid cancer about 2 years ago. I gave up after 2 attempts at open ...