People may prefer to get screened for colorectal cancer with a blood test rather than a colonoscopy. But more than twice as many colorectal cancer deaths would occur with blood-based screening as with ...

Intuitive's da Vinci SP surgical system receives FDA clearance for transanal local resection, enhancing minimally invasive colorectal surgery options. Intuitive, a leader in robotic-assisted surgery, ...

If you're in your 40s, you might think colon cancer is something to worry about decades from now. But alarming new research ...

Market forces in healthcare, such as managed care programs and hospital competition increase the likelihood patients will undergo laparoscopic surgery to treat colon cancer, according to researchers ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. The rise of robotic surgery in colorectal care marks a significant shift in modern medicine. With advancements in technology, surgeons ...

The rate of adults who died within 30 days of colorectal surgery dropped from 4.3 percent in 2008 to 2.9 percent in 2017, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Patient Safety ...

The cost of implementing an innovative quality improvement program that helps colorectal surgery patients recover faster is more than offset by savings from their reduced lengths of stay at hospitals ...

Robotic-assisted surgery is emerging as a viable and increasingly adopted option for emergency colorectal procedures, according to a July 23 study published in the Journal of the American College of ...

Endoscopy and colonoscopy are both minimally invasive procedures using similar tools. However, they have different purposes. Doctors use endoscopy in several tests throughout the body, but they ...

Intuitive Surgical’s ISRG second-quarter 2025 update placed a spotlight on the expanding clinical scope of its Single-Port (SP) platform, with colorectal surgery emerging as a key frontier. The ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to a new robotically assisted surgical device (RASD) for use in laparoscopic colorectal and gynecologic surgery. The Senhance ...