A colectomy is a type of surgery that removes part or all of the colon. The colon is part of the large intestine that ...

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 ...

Sometimes a laparoscopic surgery has to be changed to an open resection during the surgery. Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection for ...

Issues that may lead to a total colectomy include familial adenomatous polyposis with the presence of hundreds of polyps and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Learn more about surgery for colon ...

Total colectomy with anastomosis of the ileum with the rectum, unless the rectum has polyps. Then follow-up proctoscopy (a scoping test of the rectum) after surgery every 6 months to look for polyps.