Most pain felt after any surgery will be from the abdominal incision, which with this technique are minimal. Patients are usually able to walk right after and most do not need to use narcotic pain ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the marketing of Virtual Incision's MIRA Surgical System, a miniaturised robotic-assisted surgery (miniRAS) device, for adult colectomy ...

Most are minimally invasive, meaning the doctor makes a small incision in your belly ... This is called a colectomy. If both colon and rectum are taken out, it's called a proctocolectomy.

In this study, an incision longer or different to that planned was used to determine a conversion. Conversion to open colectomy was at the discretion of the surgeon based on concerns regarding ...