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2. Colorectal surgery - Wikipedia

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   Colorectal surgery. Colorectal surgery is a field in medicine dealing with disorders of the rectum, anus, and colon. [ 1] The field is also known as proctology, but this term is now used infrequently within medicine and is most often employed to identify practices relating to the anus and rectum in particular. [clarification needed] The word ...

3. Colectomy - Wikipedia

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   Colectomy ( col- + -ectomy) is bowel resection of the large bowel (sometimes referred to as the colon which more precisely denotes a part of the large bowel). It consists of the surgical removal of any extent of the colon, usually segmental resection (partial colectomy). In extreme cases where the entire large intestine is removed, it is called ...

4. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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   Colonoscopy. Colonoscopy ( / ˌkɒləˈnɒskəpi /) or coloscopy ( / kəˈlɒskəpi /) [ 1] is a medical procedure involving the endoscopic examination of the large bowel (colon) and the distal portion of the small bowel. This examination is performed using either a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera, which is mounted on a flexible tube and ...

5. Colostomy - Wikipedia

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   A colostomy is an opening ( stoma) in the large intestine (colon), or the surgical procedure that creates one. The opening is formed by drawing the healthy end of the colon through an incision in the anterior abdominal wall and suturing it into place. This opening, often in conjunction with an attached ostomy system, provides an alternative ...

6. How to Prevent and Treat Hemorrhoids, According to Doctors - AOL

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   We're born with hemorrhoidal tissue,” says Dr. Titi Adegboyega, chief of colorectal surgery at South Shore University Hospital in Long Island, N.Y. “When people say they ‘have hemorrhoids ...

7. Hartmann's operation - Wikipedia

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   ICD-9-CM. 45.75. [ edit on Wikidata] A proctosigmoidectomy, Hartmann's operation or Hartmann's procedure is the surgical resection of the rectosigmoid colon with closure of the anorectal stump and formation of an end colostomy. It was used to treat colon cancer or inflammation (proctosigmoiditis, proctitis, diverticulitis, volvulus, etc.).

8. Matthew Perry recalls horrors of dealing with colostomy bag ...

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   During surgery, he was given propofol —which he referred to as "the drug that killed Michael Jackson"— and his heart stopped for five minutes. Perry is 18 months sober today.

9. Lower anterior resection - Wikipedia

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   Lower anterior resection. A lower anterior resection, formally known as anterior resection of the rectum and colon and anterior excision of the rectum or simply anterior resection (less precise), is a common surgery for rectal cancer and occasionally is performed to remove a diseased or ruptured portion of the intestine in cases of diverticulitis.