Large bowel resection
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What is Large bowel resection?
Large bowel resection is surgery to remove part of your large bowel. The large bowel connects the small intestine to the anus. It is also called the large intestine or colon.
Alternative Names:
Large intestine surgery; Colon resection; Resection of part of large intestine; Colectomy; Proctocolectomy
Posts on Large bowel resection (324)
Five weeks ago I had 18 inches of my sigmoid colon removed by laparoscopically due to repea...
- Apr 30, 2008
Five weeks ago I had 18 inches of my sigmoid colon removed by laparoscopically due to repea...
- Jan 10, 2010
I will be having a resection within the next few weeks due to very large pre-cancerous poly...
- Mar 05, 2008
i am brand new to this forum.i suffer from adhesions(14 yrs.) resulting from a miss diagnos...
- Mar 01, 2011
A year and 3 months ago I under went bowel resection to lift my rectum. The surgeon removed...
Just wondering if anyone has ever had bowel resection before. I am told i should have the ...
Hello. I'm hoping someone has had a similar experience and can help me understand what the...
Hello everyone,
I am new to this forum, having just recently (3 weeks) had a bowel resecti...
Hi All,
Firstly, apologies if this is post/question is repeating what someone else has ...
- Oct 16, 2009
In the next day or two, surgery will be scheduled for me to have a complete hysterectomy/s...
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