In this retrospective review, Cleveland and colleagues identified 11 Crohn’s disease and six UC patients who underwent segmental or total abdominal colectomy for neoplasia. The median age was 64 ...

HONOLULU — Due to a lack of accessible testing results, many patients at risk of Lynch syndrome do not undergo total or subtotal colectomy at first surgical encounter, putting them at risk ...

Published In New England Journal of Medicine Volume 348 • Number 9 • February 27, 2003 Pages856-857 ...

Forty-three of 48 patients survived operation, which was staged or unstaged total or subtotal colectomy and ileostomy in each. All 43 considered themselves well at the time of the follow-up study.