ALLMedicine™ Colon Resection Center

May 19th, 2022 - As one of the 12 clinical pathways of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Masters Program, the Colorectal Pathway intends to deliver didactic content organized along 3 levels of performance (competency, profici...

May 14th, 2022 - Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocols have demonstrated decreased complication rates and length of stay. However, the influence of mental health on Enhanced Recovery After Surgery success is unknown. A retrospective study of patient-reported o...

May 14th, 2022 - Complete mesocolic excision (CME) of colon cancer is a resection performed along embryological planes to include the completely intact mesentery surrounding the tumour with a high central vascular ligation. The aim is to remove all lymph nodes dra...

May 7th, 2022 - Frailty has been associated with greater postoperative morbidity and mortality but its impact has not been investigated in patients with diverticulitis undergoing elective colon resection. Therefore, the present study examined the association of f...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - As the US healthcare system moves towards value-based care, hospitals have increased efforts to improve quality and reduce unnecessary resource use. Surgery is one of the most resource-intensive areas of healthcare and we aim to compare health res...

Apr 5th, 2022 - 2.1 Study design For this case-control study, all elective laparoscopic colorectal procedures performed at a university hospital between Jan 2018 and June 2020 were retrospectively collected by reviewing the institutional colorectal surgery databa...

Mar 2nd, 2022 - Background and preliminary data: Our murine studies suggest that exposure to blue (480nm) light, by comparison to ambient white or amber (580nm) light, reduces the inflammatory response (i.e., cytokine concentration), risk of organ failure (i.e., ...

Nov 22nd, 2021 - The incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing. Slight shift towards right colon cancer is noticed in the last 2 decades in Egypt. This can be attributed to advances in diagnostic tools and increased public health awareness as right sided colon ...

Oct 14th, 2021 - STUDY METHODS Ethical committee approval The study protocol, patient informed consent form and other required study documentation will be reviewed and approved by an institutional review board or any other authority body, prior to study start-up. ...

Sep 20th, 2021 - Laparoscopic technique in elective colorectal surgery has been shown to be advantageous for patients compared to open technique. However, the feasibility and potential benefits of laparoscopic colorectal surgery in emergency setting has not been e...

Jun 21st, 2021 - Severe complications at 5 years were no different for patients with perforated purulent diverticulitis who underwent laparoscopic peritoneal lavage or colon resection, according to data from 199 individuals treated at 21 hospitals in Norway and Sw.

Apr 22nd, 2021 - Nearly 1 in 5 postsurgical hospital readmissions are potentially preventable, and failure to prevent them costs the healthcare system almost $300 million annually, according to a retrospective cohort study of data from the National Readmissions Da...

Feb 26th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to previous reports, primary tumor resection prior to chemotherapy did not confer a survival benefit in colorectal cancer patients in a randomized phase 3 study in Japan. "I was surprised by the findings becaus...

Jan 6th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with perforated purulent diverticulitis, outcomes of laparoscopic peritoneal lavage eventually do not differ much from those following primary resection, researchers have found in JAMA Surgery. As Dr. Najia ...

Dec 5th, 2020 - John L. Marshall, MD Knowledge gained regarding molecular subtyping has led to an increased understanding of the diversity in colorectal cancer (CRC) tumors and the need for more nuanced treatment options. Recent evidence has shed some light on t...