Therefore a laparoscopic resection of the gastrojejunostomy was performed followed by a construction of a new, tension-free anastomosis using a 25 mm circular stapler (EEA 2535, 3.5 mm Staples ...

To corroborate these findings, we now expanded the analysis to our cohort of 77 patients with CRC who underwent a bowel resection with anastomosis (table 1): 13 were diagnosed with poor anastomotic ...

The most famous long-term complication is anastomotic stricture, whereas non-cirrhotic portal hypertension secondary to cholangiointestinal anastomotic stricture is rare. Case summary: Here we report ...

After gastric bypass surgery for weight loss, the new connection between the stomach pouch and the small intestine may narrow. This is called an anastomotic stenosis. It’s also known as a stricture.

Both lobectomy and segmentectomy demonstrated better outcomes than wedge resection, which had five-year OS of 66.3% and 10-year OS of 41.4%. This research highlights the profound effect of using ...

Read at the Inaugural Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Boston, October 5, 1916.

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Your surgeon removes the cancer from the bowel lining, along with a border of healthy tissue (margin). This is called a local resection. The surgeon uses a flexible tube called a colonoscope to do the ...

This section is about surgery for cancer that starts in the large bowel (colon cancer) that hasn't spread to another part of the body. Local resection is for small, early stage colon cancers. Your ...