What is the collectomy?
Collectomy is a surgery performed to remove a part or the entire patient's large intestine. This procedure may be necessary to treat colon cancer, irritable intestine syndrome, cracked colon or any other conditions that cannot be treated. The collectomy generally takes about three hours and requires prolonged stay in the hospital. The rate of success is very high, although patients may have to adjust their diet or lifestyle habits to deal with changes in their intestinal tract. Careful cuts are carried out while maintaining the surrounding tissue. Depending on age, the patient's preference and other health conditions, surgeons may be able to combine part of the small intestine to the rectum so that future intestinal movements are possible. However, most patients are equipped with temporary or permanent external colostomes.
To secure a colostory bag, the surgeon forms a deep hole in the abdomen called a stoma. Attaches the colon residues to the stoma so that the waste can be excludedDirectly, instead of traveling down the intestines to the rectum. A patient who undergoes the overall collectomy must often use a colostory bag for a lifetime.
An experienced surgeon can be able to perform a partial collectomy without opening the entire abdominal cavity. Instead, several small cuts are made in what is called a laparoscopic procedure. A small illuminated camera is inserted, although an opening that will help the surgeon identify different parts of the large intestine. Precise surgical tools are manipulated through other cuts to consume pieces of intestines. With the damaged section removed by the surgeon, the surgeon can correct the remaining pieces together, align the large intestine in the body and sew abdominul cuts.
After an open or laparoscopic collectomy, the patient may expect to spend several days in the hospital so that doctors can monitor recovery. Usually receives painkillers, anti -inflammatory drugsand antibiotics in the fight against surgical symptoms. Patients are often placed on a soft food or liquid diet to provide intestinal time to heal. Once intestinal movements are possible or the effectiveness of colostory procedure is confirmed, the patient usually allows to go home. Frequent checks are important in the first few weeks after the collectomy to ensure that the procedure was successful.