Colectomy | |
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Specialty | General surgery, colorectal surgery |
ICD-9-CM | 45.8, 45.73 |
MeSH | D003082 |
Colectomy (col- + -ectomy) is bowel resection of the large bowel (sometimes referred to as the colon which more precisely denotes a part of the large bowel). It consists of the surgical removal of any extent of the colon, usually segmental resection (partial colectomy). In extreme cases where the entire large intestine is removed, it is called total colectomy, and proctocolectomy (procto- + colectomy) denotes that the rectum is included.