Initial results of the CLASICC trial have recently been presented in the Lancet by Guillou and co-workers. This study aimed to compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic resection with those of ...

Three physicians recently completed the first robotic-assisted colon resection surgeries at Martinsburg, W.Va.-based Berkeley Medical Center. 1. Jason Turner, MD, Robert Cicchino, DO, and Zachary ...

Low muscle quality and quantity are both predictive of poor outcomes in colon resection surgery, according to a new study published in JAMA Surgery. Carla Prado, a researcher in the University of ...

While Crohn’s disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), can often be controlled by medication, up to 75 percent of people living with the disease will require surgery at some point in their ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a meeting in July to address robotic surgery, which can allow greater surgical precision but does have some risks stemming mostly from inadequate physician ...

Kingwood Medical Center, an HCA Affiliated Hospital, announced its chief of staff, Kent Kossoy, M.D. has successfully performed the first colon resection da Vinci surgery to treat colon cancer in the ...

Nebraska medical startup Virtual Incision Corp. completed an $18 million series B round of financing, Silicon Prairie News reports. Virtual Incision developed a surgical robot for colon resection, and ...