Sometimes a laparoscopic surgery has to be changed to an open resection during the surgery. Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection for ...

Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy ... These include: The location and extent of the disease Your general health Whether you have scar tissue in the area from previous surgery Your ...

This surgery is for small, early stage colon cancers. Your surgeon removes the cancer from the bowel lining, along with a border of healthy tissue (margin). This is called a local resection. The ...

The operation you have depends on the position of the cancer in the bowel. This section is about surgery for cancer that starts in the large bowel (colon cancer) that hasn't spread to another part of ...

SANG W. LEE PROCTOLOGY Clinical Professor; Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery Keck Medicine of USC Dr. Sang Lee is one of the ...