Colon Resection Options

Question 1

Right Colectomy includes which parts of the colon?

Answer 1

resection of a portion of the distal ileum, cecum, ascending colon, and proximal to mid-transverse colon

Question 2

Right Hemicolectomy includes which parts of the colon?

Answer 2

cecum, the ascending colon, the hepatic flexure (where the ascending colon joins the transverse colon), the first third of the transverse colon, and part of the terminal ileum, along with fat and lymph nodes.

Question 3

Transverse Colectomy includes which parts of the colon?

Answer 3

excision of the transverse colon, with transection at the distal ascending and proximal descending colons. The resection requires ligation of the middle colic vessels. The stomach is detached from the transverse colon by division of the gastrocolic omentum.

Question 4

Left Colectomy includes which parts of the colon?

Answer 4

the distal descending colon and the sigmoid colon, sacrificing the sigmoid and superior rectal arteries. Indications for left hemicolectomy are as follows: Left-side colon cancer without metastasis. Left-side colon cancer with metastasis with complications such as bleeding or obstruction.

Question 5

Left Hemicolectomy includes which parts of the colon?

Answer 5

Left hemicolectomy is a surgical procedure in which splenic flexure, descending colon, and a portion of the sigmoid colon are removed for radical treatment of various pathologies affecting the descending colon.

Question 6

Abdominoperineal Resection includes which parts of the colon?

Answer 6

Abdominoperineal Resection includes which parts of the colon