Patient Education Colorectal Cancer: Your Care and Recovery

Colorectal Resection The growth and part of the colon or rectum surrounding the tumor are removed (resected) during surgery. In most cases the surgery can be done in 1 to 3 hours and patients are usually in the hospital 3 to 5 days. The most common types of colorectal resection are listed below. Before ❒ Right Hemicolectomy Part or all of the ascending colon and the cecum are removed. The colon is reconnected to the small intestine. ❒ Left Hemicolectomy Part or all of the descending colon is removed. The transverse colon is then reconnected to the rectum. ❒ Sigmoid Collectomy Part or all of the sigmoid colon is removed. The descending colon is reconnected to the rectum. 17 After

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