Colon Cancer Surgeon in Pittsburgh Pioneers a Breakthrough Colon Cancer Treatment

Dr. Blumberg asserts that the public has clearly been concerned about the safety of laparoscopic colon surgery (laparoscopic colectomy) as suggested by a publication in August 2009 in the journal Surgery that indicates that only 4% of all elective colon operations performed in the United States today are performed laparoscopically

Colon Cancer Surgeon in Pittsburgh Pioneers a Breakthrough Colon Cancer Treatment Pittsburgh, PA (MMD Newswire) August 12, 2009 - Dr. David Blumberg, a colon cancer surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has refined a laparoscopic colon surgery technique that allows 95-98% of patients to undergo successful major colon cancer surgery via small incisions no greater than 1-2 inches. Dr. Blumberg's technique involves performing the same cancer operation as performed via open surgery but through small cuts. Dr. Blumberg believes that his approach will be the preferred approach in the future for colon cancer treatment. Dr. Blumberg's pioneering work was reported in the journals Surgical Innovations in September 2008 and Surgical Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Percutaneous Techniques in February and June of this year. Dr. Blumberg demonstrates in these peer-reviewed publications the safety of this new technique and shows that the technique is widely applicable to patients with colon cancer and colon polyps. Furthermore he demonstrates that the colon resection surgery that he performs is equally safe and successful for patients with obesity and patients having had prior abdominal surgery. These two groups of patients are usually not considered...