You can ask your surgeon to explain your operation. Surgery to remove the left side of the colon is called a left hemi colectomy. Removing the right side of the bowel is called a right hemi colectomy.

OBJECTIVE: To review the clinical experience with colectomy and ileoanal pull-through procedure in children from 1 hospital. DESIGN: Since 1977, 116 children 18 years of age or younger underwent ...