This is called a colectomy. Your surgeon also removes nearby lymph nodes. Surgery to remove part of the colon is called a hemicolectomy or partial colectomy. Surgery to remove the whole of the large ...

The operations have different names depending on where the cancer is. Surgery to remove part of the colon is called a hemicolectomy or partial colectomy. Surgery to remove the whole of the large bowel ...

Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...