Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. The scans might accurately predict which patients have a ...
The UAB General Surgery Resident Hannah Ficarino Sheffer, M.D., and Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Assistant Professor Robert Hollis, M.D., MSPH, recently published their study, “Defining ...
With this procedure, a surgically created opening in the abdomen allows bodily waste to be rerouted into what's called a stoma bag, or an ostomy bag, which needs to be emptied and cleaned periodically ...