Colon diseases that affect a part of the colon may require a subtotal colectomy with end ileostomy. This article discusses in detail the process of subtotal colectomy with end ileostomy and when ...

In thirteen patients studied, ileostomy alone, or ileostomy followed by partial or total colectomy, resulted in complete remission of the colitic symptoms, and in all cases the state of mental ...

Complete colectomy is a formidable procedure, and problems associated with permanent ileostomy are often difficult. There is also the very real hazard that complicating carcinoma may develop ...

Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis developed ileal adenomas more often than patients with end ileostomy ... “A (procto)colectomy is not a definitive ...

A 71-year-old woman with a history of ulcerative colitis, colon cancer treated by total colectomy with ileostomy in 1968, cryptogenic cirrhosis, and coronary artery disease treated with bypass ...

The reason why colostomy and ileostomy can be confused is that they ... A colostomy is performed following a colectomy (removal of part of the colon also called the large intestine) when part ...

"Crohn's disease patients who are having total colectomy and ileostomy have a low risk of recurrence. These patients should be monitored, and treatment started in case of recurrence," said Dr ...