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All surgery involves a risk of serious complications, including bleeding, infection, damage to surrounding structures, and death. Additional complications associated with colectomy include: Damage to adjacent structures such as ureter, bowel, spleen, etc.; Need for further operations; Conversion of primary anastomosis to colostomy;
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.
If decompression is not achieved or the patient does not improve with medical management, surgery is indicated. When surgery is required the recommended procedure is a colectomy (surgical removal of all or part of the colon) with end ileostomy. [7] Fluid and electrolyte replacement help to prevent dehydration and shock.
A bowel resection involves removing “any part of the bowel,” including the small or large intestine, ... also hired Zarzaur following complications during his colon surgery in July 2024. ...
Having pouches in the large intestine that are not inflamed is known as diverticulosis. [1] Inflammation occurs between 10% and 25% at some point in time and is due to a bacterial infection . [ 2 ] [ 6 ] Diagnosis is typically by CT scan , though blood tests, colonoscopy , or a lower gastrointestinal series may also be supportive. [ 1 ]
Typically intravenous fluids are given, a nasogastric (NG) tube is placed through the nose into the stomach to decompress the intestines, and pain medications are given. [2] Antibiotics are often given. [2] In small bowel obstruction about 25% require surgery. [6] Complications may include sepsis, bowel ischemia and bowel perforation. [1]
The most commonly affected part of the intestines in adults is the sigmoid colon with the cecum being second most affected. [1] In children the small intestine is more often involved. [5] The stomach can also be affected. [6] Diagnosis is typically with medical imaging such as plain X-rays, a GI series, or CT scan. [1]
The intestinal bypass surgery, as the name suggests, anastomoses 14 inches of the proximal duodenum, the part of the small intestine closest to the stomach, to the 4 inches of the distal ileum, the part of the small intestine closest to large intestines. [5] This creates a blind loop and bypasses nearly 85-90 % of the small intestine. [5]