Types of Colectomy

▪️Low anterior resection
▪️High anterior resection
▪️Sigmoid colectomy
▪️Left hemicolectomy
▪️Right hemicolectomy
▪️Abdomino-perineal resection
▪️Total proctocolectomy
▪️Subtotal colectomy
▪️Total abdominal colectomy

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Male, 69 years old, emergency postoperative for intestinal occlusion. Diagnosis: colon tumor. Right hemicolectomy. He arrived at the ICU due to reintervention: intestinal ischemia and suture dehiscence.

Anastomotic leak

Bowel rest, IV Abx
+/- IR Drain
+/- Surgical intervention
+/- TPN

How can we reduce the risk of anastomotic leak?

Are there technical factors we should aim to optimise e.g. Right hemicolectomy - stapled vs handsewn?

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Right hemicolectomy in a severe COPD patient under segmental spinal anaesthesia ..T 8..9 SS ..with epidural catheter same space ..surgery finished in 100 minutes..epidural catheter used for postoperative pain management

I'm a little unsure about posting this.
In November last year, I was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer. In January I had a right hemicolectomy. Surgery went well & most of my cancer is gone, but next week I start mop-up chemo.
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Debut Solo Right Hemicolectomy + Herniorraphy🤭🤭🤭.5hrs intra-op😓

7 yrs ago Izzy had part of her bowel removed. We were told she wouldn’t be home for Christmas. She had other ideas; her determination paid off. She was discharged Christmas Eve. This song began to play as we took her home. We thought the hemicolectomy was the end of her pain…

A name proposal for the retrocolic fascial system in right hemicolectomy

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Back at it

Last steps of a hemicolectomy.

Polytraumatized patient who underwent abdominal surgery (right hemicolectomy) and now 'asks' for a second loock (+ clinic).
Paciente politraumatizado intervenido de abdomen (hemicolectomia derecha) y ahora 'pide' un second loock (+ clínica).

Appendix can be tricky at times.

On a frozen, you might think of this as a neuroendocrine tumor.

It's actually chock full of lymphocytes in a vessel.

Implication?
The patient may get a right hemicolectomy 😟 .

Credit: Michelle Williams, MD
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I had the opportunity to attend a silent mentor workshop on laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with complete mesocolic excision (CME) & central venous ligation (CVL), organised by the Department of Surgery at Universiti Malaya (UM).

Types of Colectomies:

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- Low anterior resection

- High anterior resection

- Sigmoid colectomy

- Left hemicolectomy

- Right hemicolectomy

- Abdominal-perineal resection

- Total proctocolectomy

- Subtotal colectomy

- Total abdominal colectomy

Appendix submucosal lesion - CT suggestive of NET. Hemicolectomy. Bx - lipohyperplasia with features of early appendicitis. Lipohyperplasia/lipomatosis is increased infiltration of highly differentiated fat. differs from lipoma by lack of capsule. #GITwitter

At KAUH , thanks to the wonderful team who helped me today in OR ( Dr Abrar Nawawi , Dr Bander Hebeshi , all the residents) - right hemicolectomy + right nephrectomy + Whipple for huge right colon cancer

A proud moment seeing your son in theatre scrubs for the first time. Usmaan Ahmed
The University of Manchester

I still remember by first day in scrubs in theatre assisting at a right hemicolectomy for cancer of the caecum, as the first assistant, in the middle of the night at

Colonic diverticular hemorrhage. Ascending colon, right hemicolectomy. #Pathology #Pathologist #GIpath

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Left hemicolectomy dissection 'live'

Stephanie, 37, of Simsbury

11/22/23 - “Last week I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I am having a right hemicolectomy to remove the mass they found”

12/1/23 - “The Doctor stopped by before discharge because he got my pathology report back. Unfortunately it’s not the news we

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A 54-Year-Old Female underwent hemicolectomy for colon cancer. Six days following surgery, she presents with fevers and leukocytosis. A CT scan was done.