Colectomy

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A 10-year longitudinal analysis of surgical management for acute ischemic colitis. 
  • Adjuvant chemotherapy for t1 node-positive colon cancers provides significant survival benefit. 
  • Advanced fellowship training is associated with improved lymph node retrieval in colon cancer resections. 
  • Analysis of the factors related to the decision of restoring intestinal continuity after Hartmann's procedure. 
  • Cancer of the bile ducts associated with ulcerative colitis. 
  • Clinical, pathologic, and economic parameters of laparoscopic colon resection for cancer. 
  • Clostridium Difficile Infection from a Surgical Perspective. 
  • Colon cancer. 
  • Combined Mechanical and Oral Antibiotic Bowel Preparation Reduces Incisional Surgical Site Infection and Anastomotic Leak Rates After Elective Colorectal Resection: An Analysis of Colectomy-Targeted ACS NSQIP. 
  • Complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer does not influence survival. 
  • Controversies regarding laparoscopic colectomy for malignant diseases. 
  • CpG island methylator phenotype is associated with response to adjuvant irinotecan-based therapy for stage III colon cancer. 
  • Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for gallbladder cancer: a retrospective review. 
  • Determining the Optimal Timing for Initiation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Resection for Stage II and III Colon Cancer. 
  • Effect of surgeon specialization on long-term survival following colon cancer resection at an NCI-designated cancer center. 
  • Factors influencing postoperative adverse events after Hartmann's reversal. 
  • Gentamicin-collagen sponge for infection prophylaxis in colorectal surgery. 
  • Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer: preventive management. 
  • Heterotopic ossification in rectal cancer: Rare finding with a novel proposed mechanism. 
  • Ileostomy adenocarcinomas in the setting of ulcerative colitis. 
  • Impact of surgeon and hospital caseload on the likelihood of performing laparoscopic vs open sigmoid resection for diverticular disease: a study based on 55,949 patients. 
  • Infliximab Reduces Endoscopic, but Not Clinical, Recurrence of Crohn's Disease After Ileocolonic Resection. 
  • Intracorporeal ileocolic anastomosis: a review. 
  • Intraoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with ulcerative colitis. 
  • Is there a role for simultaneous hepatic and colorectal resections? A contemporary view from NSQIP. 
  • Isolated metastatic melanoma to the colon mimicking colon cancer. 
  • Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: a favorable opinion. 
  • Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: an oncologic feasible option. 
  • Laparoscopic colectomy--the innovation continues. 
  • Laparoscopic colon resection for cancer--a favorable view. 
  • Laparoscopic colon resection for cancer. 
  • Laparoscopic resection for colon cancer: a favorable view. 
  • Laparoscopic versus open Hartmann procedure for the emergency treatment of diverticulitis: a propensity-matched analysis. 
  • Laparoscopic versus open low anterior resection for rectal cancer: results from the national cancer data base. 
  • Laparoscopic vs open colectomy: outcomes comparison based on large nationwide databases. 
  • Laparoscopic vs open partial colectomy in elderly patients: Insights from the American College of Surgeons - National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. 
  • Laparoscopic-assisted segmental colectomy: surgical techniques. 
  • Laparoscopy is safe among patients with congestive heart failure undergoing general surgery procedures. 
  • Local excision of rectal cancer revisited: ACOSOG protocol Z6041. 
  • Management of 1- to 2-cm Carcinoid Tumors of the Appendix: Using the National Cancer Data Base to Address Controversies in General Surgery. 
  • Mechanical bowel preps improve surgical outcomes in colorectal surgery. 
  • Minimally invasive surgery for diverticulitis. 
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis: etiology, presentation, management, and outcomes. 
  • Pancreas-preserving duodenectomy in the management of duodenal familial adenomatous polyposis. 
  • Patient preferences for surgical versus medical therapy for ulcerative colitis. 
  • Persistence of proctitis in 2 cases of clindamycin-associated colitis. 
  • Postoperative short bowel syndrome. 
  • Primary signet-ring cell carcinoma mimicking segmental Crohn's colitis. 
  • Prophylactic colectomy or surveillance for chronic ulcerative colitis? A decision analysis. 
  • Relationships between sclerosing cholangitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and cancer in patients undergoing liver transplantation. 
  • Role of extrinsic innervation in jejunal absorptive adaptation to subtotal small bowel resection: a model of segmental small bowel transplantation. 
  • Role of rectosigmoidectomy and stripping of pelvic peritoneum in outcomes of patients with advanced ovarian cancer. 
  • Sentinel node staging of resectable colon cancer: results of a multicenter study. 
  • Short bowel syndrome after laparoscopic procedures. 
  • Simulated transanal NOTES sigmoidectomy training improves the responsiveness of surgical endoscopists. 
  • Simultaneous resections of colorectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases: a multi-institutional analysis. 
  • Single-incision laparoscopic right colectomy: an efficient technique. 
  • Sphincter-sparing surgery in patients with low-lying rectal cancer: techniques, oncologic outcomes, and functional results. 
  • Subtotal colectomy for familial polyposis. A clinical series and review of the literature. 
  • Surgical Resection of the Primary Tumor in Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Without Metastasectomy is Associated With Improved Overall Survival Compared With Chemotherapy/Radiation Therapy Alone. 
  • Surgical site infection rates: open versus hand-assisted colorectal resections. 
  • The Association Between Hospital Finances and Complications After Complex Abdominal Surgery: Deficiencies in the Current Health Care Reimbursement System and Implications for the Future. 
  • The impact of intravenous fluid administration on complication rates in bowel surgery within an enhanced recovery protocol: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • The impact of laparoscopic versus open approach on reoperation rate after segmental colectomy: a propensity analysis. 
  • The role of partial sigmoid colectomy for debulking epithelial ovarian carcinoma. 
  • The sentinel node in colorectal carcinoma. Mapping technique, pathologic assessment, and clinical relevance. 
  • Thrombocytopenia in hospitalized patients with severe clostridium difficile infection. 
  • Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) complicating colectomy for ulcerative colitis. 
  • Ureteral stenting in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. 
  • Variation in use of surveillance colonoscopy among colorectal cancer survivors in the United States. 
  • What's new in general surgery: surgical oncology. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Knechtle, Stuart Johnston, Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery, in the School of Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute