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A colon resection surgery is performed to remove a part or the entire colon (large intestine). This is also known as “colectomy”. In colon resection, the patient receives a general anesthesia right before surgery. This makes the patient unconscious and they are unable to feel the pain. Colon resection surgery can be performed either laparoscopically or by open surgery.
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Benign Colon Polyps Presumed Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Colon Surgery May Have Colon Cancer
Posted by DavidBlumberg - 08/08/09, 04:44 amPittsburgh, PA, 8th August, 2009 In a study published by Dr. David Blumberg, a colon cancer surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a high percentage of patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy for presumed benign colon polyps were found to have a colon cancer within the polyp....
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