When someone is told they need surgery, one of the first questions that often comes to mind is How painful will it be, and how long will it take to recover? Modern medicine has advanced so much that ...

Results from the randomized LASRE trial support the use of laparoscopic-assisted surgery for patients with low rectal cancer. Laparoscopic-assisted surgery demonstrated noninferiority with respect to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal liver metastases nearly equaled or surpassed open surgery for ...

Long-term survival, recurrence patterns, and postrecurrence outcomes after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy versus surgery plus adjuvant therapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: ...

Nut consumption and survival in stage III colon cancer patients: Results from CALGB 89803 (Alliance). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not ...

But why is laparoscopy used during surgery, and how does it compare with traditional open surgery? In laparoscopic surgery, doctors use small incisions, a camera and specialized instruments to perform ...

The systematic review of all randomized controlled trials in abdominopelvic surgery is a sobering assessment of Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system, which was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ...