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 ...

Back to Healio Laparoscopic bowel resection improved pelvic pain and quality of life in women with rectosigmoid endometriosis did not respond to hormone therapy, according to new research.

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 (STARR) is a new surgical technique for obstructed defecation syndrome. A research group in China investigated the safety and efficacy of the novel procedure and ...

Evidence-based recommendations on stapled transanal rectal resection for obstructed defaecation syndrome. This involves removing the damaged part of the rectum and joining the remaining parts back ...

Advanced age alone should not rule out curative resection for rectal cancer, say the authors of a systematic review. "Comorbidity, rather than age, increases mortality and the occurrence of ...

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 ...

Eleven patients had cancer of the rectosigmoid (Table 7). Five of these were inoperable, but in 6 it was possible to resect the lesion, with no deaths. In 2 cases, resection and end-to-end suture ...

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 ...

Stapled transanal rectal resection for obstructed defecation syndrome associated with rectocele and rectal intussusception. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16(20): 2542-2548 ...