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 ...

in April 2023 A 14-year-old girl has said getting a stoma saved her life and was "the best thing I ever did". Imogen from Basingstoke, Hampshire, underwent a subtotal colectomy - where most of the ...

Complete colectomy is a formidable procedure, and problems associated with permanent ileostomy are often difficult. There is also the very real hazard that complicating carcinoma may develop ...

Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum ... Sometimes the two parts of the colon or rectum cannot be reattached, so the surgeon ...