http://goldbamboo.com/ Colectomy News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a223973.html For patients with colorectal cancer who require the surgical removal of a part of their colon (colectomy), an experimental procedure that combines the benefits of laparoscopic surgery and open surgery may decrease the time they spend in the operating room. [click link for full article] Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a184971.html Colectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA), an operation for ulcerative colitis, causes infertility in as much as 50 per cent of female patients that undergo the operation, a study, by researchers from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, has found. The infertility rate drops down to 15 per cent if the patients depend on medicines to cure their ulcerative colitis, the study said. Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:30 EST