Medically reviewed by Forest Miller, OTR/L Recovery from colectomy is going to depend largely upon the patient's health prior ...

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 ...

Patients are usually able to walk right after and most do not need to use narcotic pain medication. Minimally Invasive Colectomy with Standard Specimen Removal from the Abdomen. This shows the bowel ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the marketing of Virtual Incision's MIRA Surgical System, a miniaturised robotic-assisted surgery (miniRAS) device, for adult colectomy ...

Approximately 15% of patients with ulcerative colitis develop an acute attack of severe colitis, and 30% of these patients require colectomy. Severe ulcerative colitis is therefore considered a ...

Surgery to remove all of or a part of your bowel (colectomy) Your surgeon might remove part of the colon containing the tumour. This is called a colectomy. A colostomy is an operation to create an ...