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Terminology of types of colorectal resections: AC Ileocecectomy; + A + BD Ascending colectomy; + A + BF Right

hemicolectomy; + A + BG Extended right hemicolectomy; + E + FG + H Transverse colectomy; GI Left hemicolectomy; FI
Extended left hemicolectomy; J + K Sigmoid colectomy; + A + BJ Subtotal colectomy; + A + BK Total colectomy; + A + BL
Total proctocolectomy.
[Reproduced with permission from
Fielding LP, Goldberg SM (eds): Rob & Smiths Operative: Surgery of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus. UK: Elsevier Science Ltd.,
1993, p 349.]

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From: Chapter 29. Colon, Rectum, and Anus
Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 9e, 2010