Pancreatic fistulas occur most commonly after pancreatic surgery, especially distal pancreatectomy. A pancreatic fistula complicating resection of a colon cancer suggests either laceration of the ...

The cornerstones of colon and rectal cancer treatment are surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. For patients who have tumors with specific genetic traits or protein changes, doctors may also turn to ...

Bowel and intestinal surgeries used to be done through long cuts in the belly, which often meant a long, painful recovery. In the early 1990s, doctors started using a laparoscope, an instrument that ...