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Left Colectomy for Cancer

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Operative Strategy in General Surgery

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Whereas malignancies of the proximal three-quarters of the transverse colon require the excision of the right and transverse colon, cancers of the distal transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon, and sigmoid are treated by left hemicolectomy (see Chap. 26).

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  1. School of Medicine, New York University, USA

    Jameson L. Chassin M.D. (Professor of Clinical Surgery Director of Surgery Consultant Surgeon Attending Surgeon)

  2. University Hospital, New York University Medical Center, USA

    Jameson L. Chassin M.D. (Professor of Clinical Surgery Director of Surgery Consultant Surgeon Attending Surgeon)

  3. New York Veterans Administration Hospital, USA

    Jameson L. Chassin M.D. (Professor of Clinical Surgery Director of Surgery Consultant Surgeon Attending Surgeon)

  4. Bellevue Hospital, USA

    Jameson L. Chassin M.D. (Professor of Clinical Surgery Director of Surgery Consultant Surgeon Attending Surgeon)

  5. Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, USA

    Jameson L. Chassin M.D. (Professor of Clinical Surgery Director of Surgery Consultant Surgeon Attending Surgeon)

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Chassin, J.L. (1980). Left Colectomy for Cancer. In: Operative Strategy in General Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6042-4_28

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