{"id":5048,"date":"2019-07-11T21:36:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T21:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:20:55","slug":"flushing-hospitals-division-of-robotic-surgery-performs-minimally-invasive-colectomy-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/flushing-hospitals-division-of-robotic-surgery-performs-minimally-invasive-colectomy-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Flushing Hospital&#8217;s Division of Robotic Surgery Performs Minimally Invasive Colectomy Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-824293866.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5049 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-824293866-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"colectomy, Flushing Hospital, Robotic Surgery, Bowel Resection, Colon Cancer, Chron's Disease, Colitis, Colon, bowel obstruction\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-824293866-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-824293866-768x796.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-824293866-988x1024.jpg 988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A colectomy, also known as a bowel resection, is a surgical procedure where a part of or the entire colon is removed.<\/p>\n<p>The colon is part of the body&#8217;s digestive system, which removes and processes nutrients from foods and helps pass waste material out of the body. A colectomy may be required when the colon fails to function as it should.<\/p>\n<p>This may occur for a variety of issues or conditions including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bowel obstruction &#8211; A blockage that keeps food or liquid from passing through your small or large intestine.<\/li>\n<li>Bowel perforation &#8211; A hole in the wall of the small or large intestine. This is a serious and potentially fatal condition that may require immediate surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Crohn&#8217;s disease &#8211; An inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation of your digestive tract, leading to abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition.<\/li>\n<li>Ulcerative colitis\u00a0&#8211; A condition that causes irritation and swelling of the small intestine that can lead to the development of sores called ulcers.<\/li>\n<li>Colon cancer \u2013 A type of cancer where tiny growths called polyps develop in the colon or rectum over time and eventually become cancerous.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Depending on the issue and the severity, there are a number of different types of colectomy procedures, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total colectomy\u2013The removal of the entire colon<\/li>\n<li>Partial colectomy (or subtotal colectomy) &#8211; The removal of part of the colon<\/li>\n<li>Hemicolectomy- The removal of the right or left portion of the colon<\/li>\n<li>Proctocolectomy\u2013 The removal of both the colon and rectum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Traditionally, patients with any of these conditions needing a colectomy would have open surgery. These procedures require doctors to make a long incision in the wall of the abdomen so they can see the colon directly.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Flushing Hospital offers patients a much more minimally invasive option. Through the acquisition of the da Vinci surgical platform, patients can now have colectomy procedures performed robotically.<\/p>\n<p>During robot-assisted procedures, Flushing Hospital\u2019s expert team of surgeons can guide the state-of-the-art da Vinci robot to make the smallest of incisions, resulting in less pain, minimal scarring, and faster recovery time.<\/p>\n<p>If you are experiencing any form of irritable bowel disease that may require surgical intervention, please call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/clinical-services\/robotic-surgery\">Flushing Hospital\u2019s Division of Robotic Surgery<\/a> at <a href=\"tel:+7186703135\">718-670- 3135<\/a> to learn how we can help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A colectomy, also known as a bowel resection, is a surgical procedure where a part of or the entire colon is removed. The colon is part of the body&#8217;s digestive system, which removes and processes nutrients from foods and helps &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/flushing-hospitals-division-of-robotic-surgery-performs-minimally-invasive-colectomy-procedures\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1086],"tags":[1818,1820,1812,542,543,1819,1456,1523,744,1814,1815,1816,813,1813,1817],"class_list":["post-5048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotic-surgery","tag-bowel-obstruction","tag-bowel-resection","tag-colectomy","tag-colon","tag-colon-cancer","tag-crohns-disease","tag-da-vinci-robot","tag-digestive-system","tag-flushing-hospital","tag-hemicolectomy","tag-partial-colectomy","tag-proctocolectomy","tag-robotic-surgery","tag-small-intestine","tag-ulcerative-colitis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5048"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9698,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048\/revisions\/9698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}