When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure—referred to as a radical small bowel ...

Resection of tumors in the caudate lobe (a deep, hard-to-reach part of the liver) is recognized as one of the most ...

For patients with stage T1a renal cell carcinoma (T1a RCC), ablation seems to be as effective as resection or nephrectomy, according to a study published online March 3 in Radiology. Johanne ...

Ventricular resection is a type of open-heart surgery to reshape and resize the heart. The surgery may help to improve survival in people with heart failure. Ventricular resection is a surgical ...

A large national study in Denmark following nearly 1,900 patients over almost a decade has found that a minimally invasive ...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of large colorectal adenomas resulted in a lower recurrence rate compared with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), but the more technically complex ESD had a ...

Ventricular resection can significantly improve your life span if you have severe heart failure due to an enlarged left ventricle. If you have an enlarged heart (also known as cardiomegaly), it means ...

If nonsurgical treatments do not relieve a person’s thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms, a doctor may suggest surgery to relieve compression in the thoracic outlet. Surgery may include a first rib ...

GlobalData's new report, "United States Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) Procedures Outlook to 2023", provides key procedures data on the United States Transurethral Resection of the ...