In a right colectomy, the surgeon removes the ascending colon, but leaves the ileum. Both surgeries are used to treat the following: Cancer; Noncancerous growths; Areas of swelling (inflammation ...

The prevalence and incidence of colorectal cancer among patients with inflammatory bowel disease is less than 3% after colectomy and less than 1% after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, according to ...

Subtotal colectomy with end ileostomy can help treat conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer. Learn more.

Surgeons fully supported the need for an evaluation of laparoscopically assisted colectomy for cancer, adopting a virtual moratorium on this practice outside of a clinical trial. 7,18 Our multi ...

They identified 32,108 patients, of whom 2195 underwent colectomy (median age at surgery, 39.4 years; 60.5% men); patients were stratified into three groups — 2000-2005 (prebiological era), 2006 ...

Dear Reader: A colectomy is a medical procedure in which a portion of the colon is surgically removed. The colon, along with the rectum and the anus, are all part of the large intestine.