Piles, fissures, and fistula are common but often ignored due to stigma. Learn their symptoms, causes, and why early ...

Recurrent and re-operative colon surgery is a procedure that is performed when cancer in the colon has returned after initial treatment or when a previous colorectal surgery was unsuccessful. This ...

Colorectal surgeons are specialists in their field, focusing on the physiology of the lower digestive tract. The term “colorectal” is a combination of the words colon and rectal. This area of the body ...

October 16, 2008 (San Francisco, California) — A novel sphincter-sparing surgical technique for the repair of perianal fistulas has demonstrated a 58% success rate in an American patient population.

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons has issued updated guidelines for physicians, published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, about how to treat problems of the anus and rectum called ...

A randomized phase I study of the humanized anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody EMD 72000 in subjects with advanced gastrointestinal cancers ...

Colonic stent placement as a bridge to surgery shows similar survival to emergency resection while reducing stoma rates in obstructive colorectal cancer.