What's New and Beneficial about Carrots. 1  Carrots were one of the vegetables examined in recent research on foods rich in beta-carotene and bone health. More specifically, intake of yellow/orange and green vegetables was evaluated to see if greater intake was related to greater bone mass.
exists and is an alternate of . 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.
remove a part of the intestine (bowel) that is diseased. The name of the procedure depends on what section of the intestine is removed. Right hemicolectomy is the removal of the ascending (right) colon. Left hemicolectomy is the removal of the descending (left) colon. Sigmoidectomy is the removal of the lower part of the colon which is connected to the rectum. Low anterior resection is the removal of the upper part of the rectum. Segmental resection is the removal of only a short piece of the colon. Abdominal perineal resection is the removal of the sigmoid colon, rectum and anus and construction of a permanent colostomy. Total colectomy is when the entire colon is removed and the small intestine is connected to the rectum. Total proctocolectomy is the removal of the rectum and all or part of the colon.