2. Colon resection surgery is used to treat conditions such as colorectal cancer, polyps, inflammatory bowel disease and diverticulitis, according to Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine. 3. Robotic ...

During his appointment with Kossoy, Valdez and his family learned about da Vinci robot-assisted colon resection surgery for cancer treatment, which removes a segment of the colon.

Your best option for beating colon cancer — the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States — is actually preventing it with regular colonoscopies. What happens, however, … ...

The company is developing the MIRA (“miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant”) Surgical Robotic Platform, a first-of-its-kind miniaturized surgical robot, focusing first on colon resection ...

Robotic procedure versus open surgery for simultaneous resection of colorectal cancer with liver metastases: Short-term outcomes of a randomized controlled study.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery was found to be more effective in harvesting lymph nodes compared with conventional surgery with similar outcomes.

Three physicians recently completed the first robotic-assisted colon resection surgeries at Martinsburg, W.Va.-based Berkeley Medical Center. San Diego-based Prometheus Biosciences completed a $130 ...

Abstract 3603 Background: Currently, robotic surgery for rectal cancer using da Vinci System is common. However, there is almost no clinical trial reported. This randomized controlled trial aims to ...

Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...