This is called a local resection ... 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 ...

Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...

Sigmoid volvulus happens when the sigmoid ... a sigmoidoscopy can also help relieve the twist in some cases. Bowel resection: This surgery removes the twisted and damaged part of the bowel.

Summerville Medical Center recently marked a major milestone in its minimally invasive robotic surgery program, performing ...

Background and Aim: For large colorectal tumors, the en bloc resection rate achieved by endoscopic ... such lesions were treated by surgery. [13] This difference in the target lesions between ...