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OR / Prep · Colorectal Surgery · laparoscopic

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Right hemicolectomy

Why are we operating?

Resection of the right colon for cancer: take the vessels at their origin, take the nodes with them, and join ileum to transverse colon.

Indication: Right-sided colon cancer; caecal volvulus; some right-sided Crohn's complications.

The operation in 4 steps

  1. 01Access and staging the abdomen

  2. 02Vascular pedicle first

  3. 03Mobilisation

  4. 04Resection and ileocolic anastomosis

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Conceptual teaching for learners preparing to observe and assist under supervision, not operative instructions. Five minutes from now you should know why this operation exists, what its shape is, and which structures it is designed not to injure.