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Advances in Colorectal Cancer Therapies:
"Pure" Laparoscopic versus "Hand Assisted" Laparoscopic Surgery in treating colon and rectal cancers -- New approaches to Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colon and Rectal tumors.
Jeffrey W. Milsom, MD
Richard L. Whelan, MD
Alfred I. Neugut, MD, PhD
Joseph T. Ruggiero, MD
June 20, 2007 at 8:00 PM EDT
(June 21, 2007 at 00:00 UTC)
From NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, NYC, NY
New York, NY - A small number of patients diagnosed with polyps in their large intestine have extensive or difficult-to-remove polyps, such as those that are flattened against the colon wall or in hard-to-reach places. As with all polyps that may develop into malignant cancers, they must be removed. Unlike regular polyps, extensive or difficult-to-reach polyps have, until now, necessitated open surgery with a lengthy recovery MORE...New York, NY - A small number of patients diagnosed with polyps in their large intestine have extensive or difficult-to-remove polyps, such as those that are flattened against the colon wall or in hard-to-reach places. As with all polyps that may develop into malignant cancers, they must be removed. Unlike regular polyps, extensive or difficult-to-reach polyps have, until now, necessitated open surgery with a lengthy recovery time.
Now, an experimental procedure, laparoscopic surgery combined with carbon-dioxide assisted colonoscopy, allows most patients to return home in less than a day -- a potential advantage over traditional open surgery, which requires a three- to seven-day hospital stay. The new procedure was developed and offered exclusively in the New York metro area by colon and rectal surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. |
