Eleven patients had cancer of the rectosigmoid (Table 7). Five of these were inoperable, but in 6 it was possible to resect the lesion, with no deaths. In 2 cases, resection and end-to-end suture ...

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 ...