"What type of surgery have you had on your left side?" "If you don't have a colon anymore, how do you poop?" People who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and who have had surgery may hear this ...

UCLA Health. Clear liquid diet. Michigan Medicine. What should I eat after my colon surgery? University of Tennessee Medical Center. Colectomy. Xu Z, Qu H, Gong Z, et al. Risk factors for surgical ...

By “not immediately necessary” we imply that the colectomy may be required at a later stage ... but it is often the case that diverticula may extend into the descending colon or even in the transverse ...

Your surgeon might remove the part of your large bowel (colon) containing the cancer. This is called a colectomy. Your surgeon also removes nearby lymph nodes. Surgery to remove part of the colon is ...