Bowel resection

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A bowel resection is a surgical procedure in which a part of the large or small intestine is removed. It may be performed due to cancer, necrosis, enteritis, diverticular disease, or a block in the intestine due to scar tissue. Other reasons to perform bowel resection include ulcerative colitis, traumatic injuries, precancerous polyps, and familial polyposis.^[1]

Some patients require ileostomy after this procedure.^[1]

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neck	Resection (Thyroid cancer, Lymphoma)

esophagus - stomach	Resection (Esophageal cancer, Stomach cancer), Bariatric surgery (Morbid obesity), Repair (Trauma)

abdomen (non-GI)	Debulking surgery, Hernia repair

liver - pancreas gallbladder - biliary tree	Liver transplant (Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, PBC, PSC), Resection (HCC, Metastatic disease of the liver), Resection (Whipple procedure (Pancreatic cancer)), Cholecystectomy (Cholecystitis)

small intestine	Resection (due to bowel infarction and/or small bowel obstruction - Intussusception, Volvulus, Crohn's disease, Meckel's diverticulum, Meconium ileus (due to Cystic fibrosis), Cancer of the small bowel), diversion - ileostomy, loop ileostomy (small bowel obstruction, perforation/sepsis)

colon	Appendectomy (Appendicitis), Resection (Lower anterior resection, Abdominoperineal resection, Hemicolectomy, Total colectomy, Local excision) due to obstruction and/or perforation/threatened perforation and/or malignancy (Toxic megacolon (due to IBD), Colon cancer, Rectal cancer, Hirschsprung's disease, Trauma, Intussusception, Volvulus, Inguinal hernia, Adhesions (due to previous surgery)), diversion - colostomy, Hartmann's procedure (large bowel obstruction, GI viscus perforation/sepsis, diverticulitis)