Individuals with IBD undergoing colectomy may benefit from surveillance for kidney function. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) undergoing colectomy have higher rates of acute kidney ...

For example, if a patient has ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease that is not well controlled with medication, or if a colonoscopy shows precancerous lesions, a doctor may recommend a total or ...

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 ...

Minimally invasive surgical procedures can halve the risk for postoperative complications compared with open procedures, but they are still being used infrequently in many US hospitals, results of a ...

Total or partial colectomy is often necessary at some stage for patients with IBD. Small, short-term studies have reported that mortality after elective colectomy is low, but large, longer-term ...

Boston-based Brigham & Women’s Hospital researchers found small bowel resection accounted for the highest complication rate among emergency general surgeries, according to Medscape Multispecialty. In ...