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The colorectal surgeons at Tufts Medical Center will work with you and your referring physician to determine the best approach to use if surgery is needed. Because our doctors are at the top of their field, we are able to offer patients a range of techniques, including minimally invasive and robotic surgeries.
Open abdominal surgery is performed when a surgeon makes a long incision to repair or remove abdominal organs. This approach is preferred for a number of complex procedures or in patients with extensive scar tissue and adhesions.
The Colorectal Minimally Invasive Surgery Center at Tufts Medical Center offers advanced surgical procedures that are performed without a large incision. The minimally invasive surgeries that our physicians perform include laparoscopy, robotic surgery and Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM).
Our Division has performed several hundred laparoscopic colon and rectal surgeries. We use this minimally invasive technique for most abdominal problems that need surgical treatment.
Laparoscopic surgery has a number of advantages over open surgery including smaller incisions, less pain and a faster recovery time. It is often used for eligible patients with Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, polyps, rectal prolapse, ulcerative colitis and some colon and rectal cancers.
Another minimally invasive technique that our surgeons use is robotic surgery. By using the robot, our surgeons are able to offer patients who need colon or rectal resections an option that results in even less discomfort and time spent in the hospital.
Robotic surgery works best when the problem and operation are focused on one side of the abdomen. Examples of these operations include right hemicolectomies, left hemicolectomies, sigmoid resections and low anterior resections.
Learn more about these surgical approaches by downloading the Abdominal Surgery brochure.
Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) is a minimally invasive surgery that is used for the surgical treatment of large rectal polyps and early cancers. Our surgeons use this technique on lesions or polyps in the mid and upper rectum without making an incision through the abdomen, using specially designed instruments that allow the procedure to be done through the anus and in the rectum. TEM is a low risk surgery with a short recovery time, which allows patients with cancer to move on to treatment for metastatic disease quickly.
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Title(s): Colon and Rectal Surgeon; Associate Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program; Associate Director of Surgical Education; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Department(s): Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery Appt. Phone: 617-636-6190 Fax #: 617-636-6110
Minimally invasive and robotic colorectal surgery, colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, anorectal disease, rectal prolapse and sacral nerve stimulator for fecal incontinence
Title(s): Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program; Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Department(s): Surgery, General Surgery, Surgical Oncology Appt. Phone: 617-636-9248 Fax #: 617-636-9095
General surgery, advanced abdominal tumors, peritoneal surface malignancies, hepatobiliary/pancreatic/colorectal minimally invasive surgical oncology
Call us at 617-636-6190 for more information, to discuss treatment options or to make an appointment.
