A laparoscopic total abdominal colectomy is an operation that removes the large intestine. Doctors use it to treat conditions including: Inflammatory conditions of the intestine, such as Crohn's ...

Individuals with IBD undergoing colectomy may benefit from surveillance for kidney function. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) undergoing colectomy have higher rates of acute kidney ...

A 50-year-old patient with left-sided ulcerative colitis underwent colonoscopy to assess a bout of disease exacerbation; a 2-cm mass was found in the rectum. Biopsies showed adenomatous change. The ...

"Due to the timing of diagnosis during this critical period of physical, intellectual, and psychosocial development, the higher rate of colectomy, and their longer lifespan without a colon, it is ...

Dear Doctors: My husband is 78 years old. A second colectomy left him with one-fourth of his colon, and he suffers from chronic diarrhea. I’ve read that he should avoid sugar and alcohol, which he won ...

Dear Doctors: My husband is 78 years old. A second colectomy left him with one-fourth of his colon, and he suffers from chronic diarrhea. I’ve read that he should avoid sugar and alcohol, which he won ...

ORLANDO — Segmental and total abdominal colectomy followed by active surveillance appears to be a safe and effective management strategy for patients with IBD-related colonic neoplasia, according to a ...

Efficacy and safety of FOLFOX biweekly cetuximab as first-line therapy for patients with nonresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (CELINE trial): Multicenter phase II trial. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

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 an ...

Spike Cassidy, guitarist and co-founder of D.R.I., is recovering in hospital after complications, including infection, following his colectomy surgery earlier this year. A colectomy, for those not ...