How to Care for Your Loved One after a Colectomy
You don't need a medical degree to care for a loved one after a total colectomy. Learn what tools you need in place to prepare for their homecoming and recovery. (Source: About.com Colon Cancer)
Source: About.com Colon Cancer - October 12, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: coloncancer.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news

Pouchitis: A Practical GuidePouchitis: A Practical Guide
Patients with ulcerative colitis who have undergone colectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis often develop pouchitis. How is it diagnosed and best treated? Frontline Gastroenterology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology Journal Article Source Type: news

How Should I Eat After a Colectomy Surgery?
If you've had colectomy surgery, these tips will help you eat well and keep symptoms and side effects from the surgery to a minimum. (Source: About.com Colon Cancer)
Source: About.com Colon Cancer - June 5, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: coloncancer.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news

How Should I Eat After a Colec
If you've had colectomy surgery, these tips will help you eat well and keep symptoms and side effects from the surgery to a minimum. (Source: About.com Colon Cancer)
Source: About.com Colon Cancer - May 9, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: coloncancer.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news

Laparoscopic Total Proctocolectomy vs Open Surger...Laparoscopic Total Proctocolectomy vs Open Surger...
Women are more likely to be able to become pregnant after total colectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis if they had a laparoscopic operation rather than open surgery. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news

The Benefit of Coffee Consumption After ColectomyThe Benefit of Coffee Consumption After Colectomy
Commentary on a study on the effect of coffee on postoperative ileus after colectomy, published November 2012 in British Journal of Surgery. Medscape General Surgery (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Viewpoint Source Type: news

Advanced Age, COPD Risk Factors for Colectomy MortalityAdvanced Age, COPD Risk Factors for Colectomy Mortality
The largest series of colectomies performed for C difficile colitis in the literature to date has identified the most vulnerable patients. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Critical Care News Source Type: news