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Colon
Removal of a segment of the colon is a major operation. When performed by conventional surgery, an incision of 6-10 inches and hospitalization of a week or more may be necessary. We use laparoscopic techniques to perform the same operation through a number of tiny incisions. The result is shortened hospitalization (in some cases as few as two days), significantly less pain from the short abdominal incision needed to remove the diseased colon, and much earlier return to normal activity.
This surgery is commonly performed for diverticulitis of the colon, for inflammatory stricture of the small intestine in or near the colon (e.g. Crohn’s disease), or for colonic tumors. Most patients will need a colonoscopy, barium enema or both as part of their investigation before surgery. On occasions it is necessary to repeat the colonoscopy and mark (or tattoo) the colon that is to be removed because the affected segment cannot be felt with the surgeon's hand during laparoscopy.
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