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How is a small intestine attached surgically to rectum?
The small intestine is usually attached to the large intestine and that is attached to the rectum. If the large intestine is so damaged or diseased that it must be completely removed, the surgeon may attach the small intestine to the rectum using sutures that eventually dissolve. The loss of the large intestine is a serious matter and may result in an iliostomy (connecting the end of the small intestine to an abdominal hole, or stoma, to which an external bag is attached) rather than to the rectum.
How long do you stay in the hospital after an anal fistula surgery?
I had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and back in June ihad a very risky surgery and i had a hystorectomy done i had stage 3 cancer and my surgeon got 95% plus of the cancer out and only have a small amount left in me and my 2nd surgery was a reversal and now i have a fistula that is still leaking since July and i have to wear an iliostomy bag till it stops draining its draining alot of bile even with bowel movements daily, im on a tpn for 12 hrs at nite and i just want everything to heal i really hate being like this.
What happens when the Sigmoid colon is removed?
If your colon is removed and nothing else is done for you, you will die. In modern medicine removal of part or all of the colon is accompanied by provision of a colostomy or iliostomy, where the remaining end of the colon or of the small intestine is brought through the abdominal wall to the exterior. A replaceable bag is attached at that point to catch and accumulate the liquids that would otherwise pass through the colon to the rectum for elimination. The bag is emptied or replaced periodically. You may need to follow a different diet, depending on how much of the colon was removed, and will not have bowel movements (all that goes into the bag without your conscious control), but your life can be relatively normal as long as you take good care in cleaning the ostomy and in dealing with the bag.
Can ulcerative colitis cause death?
The technically correct answer is Yes, this being death from complications of surgery to remove the colon, which sometimes becomes necessary in cases refractive to drug treatment. If, say, 20% of UC cases are ultimately refractive to treatment and the death rate from the surgery is 5%, that means the death rate from UC is 1%. So at the time of initial diagnosis chances are about 99% you will ultimately die of something else. I actually suffer from the disease, and have done for about 15 years untreated. Now i would say these days, it's highly unlikely that you would die from Colitis. If you have regular bowel exams, say every 2 years, to check for signs of pre-cancerous changes, you should be able to live a pretty normal life. there are many treatments available to control colitis, many different diets to try. In fact the risk of cancer i think is increased 5 fold if you have the disease, which in the big scheme of things is not that high. I read somewhere that actually 95% of people with colitis do no develop cancer. Keep a positive attitude towards life and don't let the disease control you. I was diagnosed in 04' with ulcerative colits after about 8 months of misdiagnosis. By the time I was correctly diagnosed I had to be hospitalized because my white blood cells were ten times what they were supposed to be and so high that even cancer patients have lower white cells than I did at the time. I almost died from this disease. I had been given so many different types of treatment from steroids all the way to remission medicine they give people with cancer. nothing would help I was wasting away. I was in the hospital for almost a month when the gastro doc finally consulted with a surgeon and he told me my only option was a total colectomy or I wouldn't last another week. That night they did surgery and removed my entire large intestines. I had a iliostomy bag for 6 months until they did the J pouch surgery.
