الخميس، 20 أكتوبر 2016

Some Procedures And Terms Often Used By The Colon Surgeon

By Lisa Campbell


A colorectal surgery is one of the fields in medicine that deals with the disorders that occur in the anus, colon, and rectum. This is also called as proctology. The physicians that have the specializations on this field are referred as the colorectal surgeons or the proctologists. This type of operation involves a lot of many different kinds of procedures and methods which will be briefly discussed in this article.

It is very necessary for colorectal surgeons to be under an extensive education and to experience an advanced training so that they can be licensed in performing surgeries. Also, it is necessary for them on having a comprehensive knowledge of diagnosis, general operation, and on treating the rectum, anus, and colon disorders. The Morrilton AR colon surgeon should also have the specializations in preoperative, operative, and postoperative care towards the patients who are having those colorectal disorders.

There are many different procedures and terms which are often utilized by the surgeons. Most of the commonly used terms in colorectal cancer are the local excision, laparoscopic surgery, polypectomy, and resection. The polypectomy is one procedure in which the polyps, small growths in the colons lining are being removed in performing colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is a procedure that will use colonoscope and are inserted into a rectum to view rectum and colon.

Local excision is being used for treating the cancers in rectum. It involves the removing of cancers and tissues from walls of the rectum. The procedure can be done through anus or small cuts in the rectums. The procedure does not require in doing some major operations in an abdominal part. The resection is removing of some parts of a colon along with tissues and cancers that are attached into it.

A laparoscopic surgery is the process of performing laparoscopy which means that looking inside the cavities in the abdominal part using a special type of a camera or a scope. Incisions will be made in abdomen and the instruments will be inserted through the small incisions. The pictures of intestinal organs will then be transmitted to a monitor so the surgeon can see.

Other 4 important procedures involved in colorectal surgeries are J pouch, K pouch, fecal diversion, and stomas. A stoma is an opening of parts in bowel to a skin. The permanent stoma is created if the stools cannot pass to its normal routes when the surgery is done. The temporary stoma is created to keep the stools away from the operated areas.

Fecal diversion is one procedure in which ileostomy or the opening of parts between skin and the small intestine is being made. Colostomy or the opening of parts between skin and the colon is also done. Usually, a fecal diversion is utilized for temporary measure, allowing chronic inflammation, infection, and surgery healing.

The attached K pouch to anus allows the person in doing a similar way when going to a bathroom. It provides a reservoir for stools and adds a nipple valve for preventing the stools in leaking. K pouch is not often performed by most surgeons because of complexity in the surgery.

J pouch is created at the end of small intestine for providing a place for the stool before the person goes to the bathroom for proctocolectomy. There are a lot of forms of ileal pouches. J pouch is considered as the most common.




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