Most pain felt after any surgery will be from the abdominal incision, which with this technique are minimal. Patients are usually able to walk right after and most do not need to use narcotic pain ...

Recovery from colectomy is going to depend largely upon ... Problems with the surgical wound If complications do occur, the patient's hospital stay and increase their overall recovery time.

Narcotic use has been felt to be proportional to the length of the abdominal incision. The aim of this study was to determine whether return of bowel function after colectomy is directly related ...