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What is Colectomy?
Colectomy is a surgical procedure to remove all or part of your colon. Your colon, also called your large intestine, is a long tube-like organ at the end of your digestive system. Colectomy may be necessary to treat or prevent diseases and conditions that affect your colon.
Questions and answers on "Colectomy"
I recently (4 months ago) underwent a partial colectomy for diverticulitis. Everything was fine almost immediately. Over the past 6 weeks I have...
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I have been experiencing watery stools and stomach cramps. There is no pain upon palpating such as with diverticulitis. (Had a colectomy five...
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Stomach flu / gastroenteritis. Post colectomy sequelae
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I had a right hemicolectomy 2 years ago and have sinned gained 30 pounds. Bowel function normal.Is a metabolic slowdown a long term effect of a...
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Recent questions on Colectomy
MD I am having fever, diarrhea, sometimes watery, some abdominal and lower back pain, with a sore throat and a cough that just started. I am a...
MD I m on tb treatment for intestine and have also been operated for rt hemicolectomy. I want to know whether this tb medication will affect me from...
MD Had colon surgery take down from I lliostomy have constant diarrhea can not fully empty out very acidic surgeon had a name for this condition some...
MD I have been diagnosed with diverticulitis and have had numerous attacks in the past 2 years. I have just seen a GI MD after this last attack. The...
MD Sir, i have 1 cancerous polyp removed, from descending colon . diagnosis - early invasive adenocarcinoma, moderately differentiated. Tumor shows...
MD Im a 72 yo fem. w hx of 4 PE's,have a IVC filter,on Coumadin 3 mg.p.o. Recent PT/INR within my range. We are in motorcoach in remote area of NC....
MD I am a female age 63. After having my colon removed because of UC, I stopped growing any hair on my legs. (this was 14 years ago). Now I recently...