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TheToad
TheToad

i can't find the answer from Dr Google. 1. How long is the bowel? 2. How much is taken in an extended right hemicolectomy? I can work out how much is left! Just interested. Thanks. 

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  • jenny92923
    jenny92923 TheToad

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    Hello John, I found out from google that the large bowel is roughly 5 feet long and during an extended right hemicolectomy nearly half of the large bowel would have been removed.

    Hope you are continuing to recover from your recent operation.

    Regards from Jenny.

    • TheToad
      TheToad jenny92923

      Posted

      Thanks Jenny. No wonder I lost some weight! The piece they took out had about 4 litres of stuff blocked by the tumour. (Sorry, too much detail.) Yes, the staples are all out now from the gallbladder surgery and just have to be patient and careful. Hope you are ok too. 
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