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Colectomy (col- + -ectomy) is the
surgical removal of any
extent of the colon, the
longest portion of the
large bowel.
Colectomy may be
performed for prophylactic...
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surgical approach,
called colectomy.
During a
colectomy, the
person is
placed under general anesthesia. A
surgeon performing a
colectomy will make a
lower midline...
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reserved for the
sense of
small bowel resection, in
distinction from
colectomy,
which covers the
sense of
large bowel resection.
Bowel resection may...
- 'rejoined' (partial
colectomy), a
surgery that has a
substantial healing time but
leaves quality of life
largely intact.
Prophylactic colectomy is indicated...
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partial colectomy or
total colectomy with
ileorectal anastomosis. Due to the
increased risk of
colorectal cancer following partial colectomy and similar...
- is indicated. When
surgery is
required the
recommended procedure is a
colectomy (surgical
removal of all or part of the colon) with end ileostomy. Fluid...
- A Kock
pouch is a
continent pouch formed by the
terminal ileum after colectomy. The
procedure was
detailed and
first performed in 1969 by Dr. Nils Kock...
- most
common of
these procedures are
removal of all or part of the
colon (
colectomy), or
removal of the
kidney (nephrectomy). Some
surgeons perform these...
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hemorrhoidectomies Surgical forms of
treatment for
these conditions include:
colectomy, ileo/colostomy, polypectomy, strictureplasty,
hemorrhoidectomy (in severe...
- This
category of
surgery may
include mastectomies, oop****ctomies,
colectomies and
surgical corrections for
conditions that
include cryptorchidism (undescended...
