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Laparoscopic colectomy is a broad term that includes resection of the colon at any part of the colon along its length from the terminal ileum to the rectosigmoid junction. Commonly resection of the colon can be divided into right hemicolectomy, transverse colectomy, left hemicolectomy, sigmoid colectomy, and subtotal colectomy. The above division of colectomies is based on the location of the colonic disease and surgical removal of colon is usually segmental and depends on which major blood supply to the colonic segment has to be taken. In this way, right hemicolectomy normally includes removal of a short segment of terminal ileum and sigmoid colectomy may include the rectosigmoid junction.
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Kwok, S., Kwok, K.H. (2015). Laparoscopic Colectomy. In: Meng, W., Cheung, H., Lam, D., Ng, S. (eds) Minimally Invasive Coloproctology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19698-5_3
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