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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...