A hemicolectomy is a surgical procedure involving the removal of a segment of the colon. A hemicolectomy may help treat colon cancer and bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease or severe ...

Recently, I operated on a 76-year-old woman for bowel obstruction. At laparotomy, I found a 2.5-cm tumor, 5 cm from the ileocecal valve with no macroscopic metastases or suspicious nodes. This was ...

A 65-year-old female has a left hemicolectomy for cancer. On postoperative day seven she develops a temperature of 39.2 C. Physical exam shows clear lungs, no evidence of wound or line infections, and ...

Phase Ib study of regorafenib (rego) and PF-03446962 (PF) in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) (REGAL).

Nowadays laparoscopic right hemicolectomy is widely accepted as the standard of care for benign and malignant colon disease. There are wide variations among laparoscopic techniques. One of the most ...

Vitamin A deficiency, a known complication after small bowel bypass surgery, is rare after large bowel bypass surgery. We report a case of Bitot spots on the conjunctiva secondary to vitamin A ...

Increasing RAS mutation result availability in newly diagnosed patients with metastatic colorectal cancer by their first outpatient medical oncology clinic visit at a large safety net hospital. This ...

Dear Dr, i am now almost two weeks post op. Saw the dietician in the ward but think to due to still receiving heavy pain medsi cant remember much of our discussion. Since discharged i have omitted ...