Rectal resection for deeply infiltrating endometriosis can be performed with limited morbidity, say the authors of an Australian study. Reporting their surgical experience over a 9-year period ...

Stapled transanal rectal resection is a new surgical technique for obstructed defecation syndrome. A research group in China investigated the safety and efficacy of the novel procedure and ...

In older surgical series, as many as two thirds of patients undergoing surgical resection for rectal cancer exhibited postoperative sexual dysfunction. In recent years there has been increasing ...

A bowel resection is a surgery to remove any part of the bowel. This includes the small intestine, large intestine, or rectum. Doctors use it to treat diseases and blockages of the large intestine ...