Five patients had subtotal colectomy and ileostomy. The 3 patients without carcinoma were improved; in the other 2 carcinoma of the rectal stump developed six and seventeen years after the ...

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 ...