Emergency and elective right-sided hemicolectomy, left-sided hemicolectomy, and rectal resection were included. A total of 407 patients (male 49.8%; mean age 63 years) were included. Of these, 127 ...

Dear Dr, on 2 Oct this year I had to have a left hemi-colectomy performed. This was done in JHB and I returned home in PE and I am recovering well. I am surprised to be extremely constipated and too ...

While asymptomatic at the time, the patient underwent a palliative left hemicolectomy due to the risk of luminal obstruction and perforation from the lesion if left untreated. A woman in her 60s ...

A CT scan revealed a sigmoid volvulus without signs of bowel necrosis. A subsequent colonoscopy showed severe ischemia of the rectal and sigmoid mucosa. Due to these findings, the patient was taken to ...

Hemicolectomy is a type of partial colectomy that removes either the left or right portion of the large intestine, thereby averting the need for an ostomy. There are two types of hemicolectomy: Right ...

You can ask your surgeon to explain your operation. Surgery to remove the left side of the colon is called a left hemi colectomy. Removing the right side of the bowel is called a right hemi colectomy.

For this purpose, we used a nationwide register to compare the frequency of diabetes development in CRC patients who had undergone right-sided colectomy, left-sided colectomy or rectal resection with ...

In a total colectomy, the entire colon is removed. However, either part or all of the rectum is left intact. The outcome of this surgery could take one of a few forms. An ileostomy may be performed, ...

Subtotal colectomy involves surgically removing part of the large intestine up to the lower segment of the left descending colon and creating an opening in the abdominal wall for the small ...

Same as in open surgery, the laparoscopic approach carries a low risk of small bowel obstruction in the postoperative period, but in laparoscopic surgery, internal hernia after laparoscopic left ...