Colorectal Surgery

Colorectal surgery is performed for cancer, as well as a range of non-cancerous (benign) conditions. When lifestyle changes, medication or other less invasive treatments do not help your condition, surgery is often recommended.

 

All surgeries carry risk, but traditional open surgery with a large incision has significant drawbacks - pain, trauma, a long recovery and risk of infection. Using the most advanced technology available today, the da Vinci Surgical System allows specially trained Mercy-affiliated surgeons to perform delicate and complex operations through a few tiny incisions with increased vision, precision, dexterity and control.

 

At Mercy San Juan Medical Center, da Vinci Surgery is used to treat colorectal conditions such as:
 

Surgery to remove all or part of the colon is known as a colectomy. Rectal cancer surgery is known as low anterior resection.