Colectomy. The primary treatment for colon cancer is surgery. The part of the large bowel with cancer is removed, along with surrounding lymph nodes. Removal of the colon is called a colectomy. The remaining bowel is then joined together. Joining the bowel is called an anastomosis.
variants: or distention play \ dis-Ëten-chÉn \ medical Definition of distension : the act of distending or the state of being distended especially unduly or abnormally no noticeable distension of the abdomen
These latter cases might be classed under the head of distension. It is an expression that seems to me capable of extension and distension. The distension of this capsule can be used to raise the lever (Lâ²). No emotion was perceptible on her featuresâno distension of the eye, no flush of the cheek. Sometimes it is due to paralysis of the muscular coat, permitting its distension by food. Annular dilatation is sometimes due to distension just above the seat of a stricture.