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Bowel Resection: Purpose

 
Medical Encyclopedia: Bowel Resection: Purpose
 

Bowel resection may be performed to treat various disorders of the intestine, including cancer, obstruction, inflammatory bowel disease, ruptured diverticulum, ischemia (compromised blood supply), or traumatic injury.

— Kathleen D. Wright, RN



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