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  2. Digestive system surgery - Wikipedia

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    4. Colectomy: The removal of the colon (large intestine) whole or in part. This procedure is typically done to address problems including colorectal cancer, diverticular disease, or inflammatory bowel disease. 5. Resection of the liver in part: This procedure is frequently carried out to treat liver tumors or to remove damaged liver tissue. 6.

  3. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    [journal 8] An incisional hernia occurs when a surgical incision does not heal well; the muscles of the abdomen separate and allow protrusion of a sac-like membrane, which may contain bowel or other abdominal contents, and which can be painful and unsightly. The risk of abdominal-wall hernia is markedly decreased in laparoscopic surgery.

  4. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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    During the early 21st century, obesity among children and adolescents increased globally, as did treatment options including lifestyle changes, drug treatments, and surgical procedures. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] The medical complications and health concerns associated with childhood obesity may have short or long-term effects, with a growing concern of a ...

  5. Bowel resection - Wikipedia

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    A bowel resection or enterectomy (enter-+ -ectomy) is a surgical procedure in which a part of an intestine (bowel) is removed, from either the small intestine or large intestine. Often the word enterectomy is reserved for the sense of small bowel resection, in distinction from colectomy , which covers the sense of large bowel resection.

  6. Abdominal surgery - Wikipedia

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    The term abdominal surgery broadly covers surgical procedures that involve opening the abdomen ().Surgery of each abdominal organ is dealt with separately in connection with the description of that organ (see stomach, kidney, liver, etc.) Diseases affecting the abdominal cavity are dealt with generally under their own names.

  7. Postoperative wounds - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] Adding a mechanical bowel cleansing in these patients might not be beneficial after colonic resection, but is still used and recommended by many before rectal resection (ideally in combination with oral antibiotics) [10] [11] [12] However, some options include antibiotic coated sutures, antibiotic impregnated cement or locally ...

  8. Surgical staple - Wikipedia

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    The staple line may be straight, curved or circular. Circular staplers are used for end-to-end anastomosis [broken anchor] after bowel resection or, somewhat more controversially, in esophagogastric surgery. [10] The instruments may be used in either open or laparoscopic surgery, different instruments are used for each application.

  9. Duodenal switch - Wikipedia

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    The restrictive portion of the surgery involves removing approximately 70% of the stomach (along the greater curvature) and most of the duodenum. The malabsorptive portion of the surgery reroutes a lengthy portion of the small intestine , creating two separate pathways and one common channel.

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