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 ...

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 ...

Are there circumstances in which a subtotal colectomy might be recommended for a young patient with a single adenocarcinoma found on colonoscopy without previous family history or colitis? This is ...

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 ...