What is a small bowel resection?

Small bowel resection is surgery to remove a part of your small bowel. It is done when part of your small bowel is blocked or diseased. The small bowel is also called the small intestine. Most digestion (breaking down and absorbing nutrients) of the food you eat takes place in the small intestine.

Is a small bowel resection major surgery?

Small bowel resection is major surgery. You can expect to stay in the hospital for a few days after your procedure. You may also need to make changes to your diet, such as eating foods that are easy to digest, as you continue to recover at home.

What are the steps of a bowel resection?

What happens when you have a colectomy?

• Put you to sleep under general anesthesia.
• Make one or more incisions in your abdomen (belly area).
• Carefully separate and remove the affected colon tissue.
• Connect the healthy bowel ends using staples or sutures, or.
• Create a stoma and redirect your bowel end to the stoma.

What are three types of anastomosis?

There are three types: Arterioarterial anastomosis connects two arteries. Venovenous anastomosis connects two veins. Arteriovenous anastomosis connects an artery to a vein.

What are the complications of a small bowel resection?

Small Bowel Resection Complications

• Bleeding in your intestines.
• Frequent diarrhea.
• Incision breaking open (dehiscence)
• Intestine pushing through the incision into your belly (incisional hernia)
• Pus collecting in the small bowel (this may require drainage)
• Scar tissue that forms an intestinal blockage (stricture)

What happens if your small bowel is removed?

Short bowel syndrome usually affects people who’ve had a lot of their small intestine removed. Without this part, your body can’t get enough nutrients and water from the food you eat. This causes bowel troubles, like diarrhea, which can be dangerous if you go without treatment.

What happens after small bowel resection surgery?

Your Recovery You are likely to have pain that comes and goes for the next few days after bowel surgery. You may have bowel cramps, and your cut (incision) may hurt. You may also feel like you have influenza (flu). You may have a low fever and feel tired and nauseated.

What are the types of bowel anastomosis?

Types of bowel anastomosis: (A) Side-to-side, side-by-side configuration. (B) Side-to-side, overlapping configuration. (C) End-to-end.