Robotic surgery resulted in better quality of resection for patients with middle and low rectal cancer compared with conventional laparoscopic surgery, a randomized trial in China showed. In a ...

Dr. Gervasoni’s surgical treatment of many cancers includes minimally invasive robotic surgery for treating cancers of the liver, esophagus, stomach, gallbladder, colon, pancreas and skin.

2. Colon resection surgery is used to treat conditions such as colorectal cancer, polyps, inflammatory bowel disease and diverticulitis, according to Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine. 3. Robotic ...

Bowel resection requires general anesthesia. You may stay in the hospital for one to three days but most patients go home within one to two days. Sometimes the two parts of the colon or rectum cannot ...

Colorectal and lower gastrointestinal procedures are among the fastest growing surgeries in the U.S., with more than 400,000 colon resection procedures performed each year.

Background: The simultaneous resecting both colorectal cancer and liver metastases is a safety and efficacy surgical procedure for treating colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases (CRCLM).The ...

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 ...

Study results Robotic surgery is gaining traction in emergency settings, representing 6.6% of colorectal surgeries in 2021. There are lower conversion rates when robotic surgery is compared to ...

Robotic surgery may be the best option for patients in need of highly complex surgical resection operations for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC), but a new systematic review says the currently ...

However, the robotic surgery cost an average of nearly $3,000 more ($14,847 vs. $11,966) than laparoscopic surgery. The study, published at JAMA Surgery, also compared results of open surgery as well.