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 ...

We conducted a randomized, double-blind trial comparing total and subtotal abdominal hysterectomy in 279 women referred for hysterectomy because of benign disease; most of the women were ...

To the Editor: In their randomized trial comparing total and subtotal hysterectomy, Thakar et al. (Oct. 24 issue) 1 assessed sexual function with the use of questionnaires and concluded that ...