Difference between revisions of "Colon"
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# Total colectomy - leaves rectum and anus.<ref>[http://www.allaboutbowelsurgery.com/shared/stoma_care/stoma_surgery/procedures/surgery_colon/subtotal.htm http://www.allaboutbowelsurgery.com/shared/stoma_care/stoma_surgery/procedures/surgery_colon/subtotal.htm]</ref> | # Total colectomy - leaves rectum and anus.<ref>[http://www.allaboutbowelsurgery.com/shared/stoma_care/stoma_surgery/procedures/surgery_colon/subtotal.htm http://www.allaboutbowelsurgery.com/shared/stoma_care/stoma_surgery/procedures/surgery_colon/subtotal.htm]</ref> | ||
# Subtotal colectomy - part of colon removed --or-- some of the rectum remains. | # Subtotal colectomy - part of colon removed --or-- some of the rectum remains. | ||
# | # Right hemicolectomy - right colon + distal ileum. | ||
# | # Lower anterior resection (LAR) - proximal rectum +/- sigmoid (for proximal rectal malignancies). | ||
# | # Abdominoperineal resection (APR) - anus + rectum - results in a permanent stoma (for distal rectal malignancies). | ||
==Grossing== | ==Grossing== | ||