Colectomy

Colectomy

What is Colectomy?

Colectomy is a surgical procedure to remove all or part of your colon. Your colon, part of your large intestine, is a long tubelike organ at the end of your digestive tract. Colectomy may be necessary to treat or prevent diseases and conditions that affect your colon. Colectomy surgery usually requires other procedures to reattach the remaining portions of your digestive system and permit waste to leave your body.

Your doctor may recommend a colectomy to treat inflamed colon tissues caused by Crohn’s disease or colitis. It can also treat colon cancer and severe constipation. 

How is it done?

  • You may need to drink a special liquid to empty your bowel before surgery and take antibiotic pills to help prevent infection.
  • For colectomy surgery, you lie on your back on an operating table. This “table” feels more like a hospital bed. Its design helps the operating team easily position you and makes surgery safer.
  • Put you to sleep using general anesthesia, so you’re safe and unaware during the operation.
  • Make one or more incisions in your abdomen (belly area).
  • Carefully separate and remove the affected colon tissue.
  • Connect healthy bowel ends using staples or sutures.
  • Close abdominal incisions.

How is it done?

  • You may need to drink a special liquid to empty your bowel before surgery and take antibiotic pills to help prevent infection.
  • For colectomy surgery, you lie on your back on an operating table. This “table” feels more like a hospital bed. Its design helps the operating team easily position you and makes surgery safer.
  • Put you to sleep using general anesthesia, so you’re safe and unaware during the operation.
  • Make one or more incisions in your abdomen (belly area).
  • Carefully separate and remove the affected colon tissue.
  • Connect healthy bowel ends using staples or sutures.
  • Close abdominal incisions.

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Colectomy is a surgical procedure to remove all or part of your colon. Your colon, part of your large intestine, is a long tubelike organ at the end of your digestive tract. Colectomy may be necessary to treat or prevent diseases and conditions that affect your colon. Colectomy surgery usually requires other procedures to reattach the remaining portions of your digestive system and permit waste to leave your body.

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