INFORMATION SHEET FOR PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL …

For tumours involving the colon (which is the greater portion of the large intestine that lies within the abdominal cavity), tumours on the right side of the bowel are removed by an operation called right hemicolectomy, on the left side of the bowel by left hemicolectomy and in the lowest part of the colon by sigmoid colectomy. ................
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