Total colectomy is the removal of the entire large intestine or colon. Subtotal colectomy is the removal of part of the colon up to the lower part of the left descending colon. After the surgical ...

Surgery to remove the whole of the large bowel (colon) is called a total colectomy. You might stay in hospital ... This is called a panproctocolectomy. A subtotal colectomy is where the surgeon ...

Our own observations led us to believe that patients with granulomatous disease of the colon, with or without ileal involvement, did well after total colectomy and ileostomy. In contrast ...

Surveillance colonoscopy was also performed for those who had undergone subtotal colectomy and ileo-rectal ... it was defined as disease progression. A total of 217 patients were retrospectively ...

Imogen from Basingstoke, Hampshire, underwent a subtotal colectomy - where most of the colon is removed - in March, less than a year after being diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).