Anastomosis is the medical term for a surgical connection between two tubular structures, channels, or passages that typically do not attach. In medical terminology, anastomosis is when surgeons ...

Anastomotic leaks refer to a post-surgery complication that arises from procedures such as bowel resection and gastric bypass. While they can be fixed, they’re an important factor to keep in mind when ...

An anastomosis from colon surgery can take several weeks to fully heal. Checking in with your care team is important, as problems such as anastomotic leakage need immediate attention. If a section of ...

An investigation of the relationship between tumor location and survival following colon cancer resection. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This ...

Researchers have discovered in a new 10-year retrospective study that laparoscopic one-anastomosis gastric bypass achieved long-term remission of type 2 diabetes in 94.5% of obese patients.