Our colon and rectal surgeons at Narayan Swaroop Hospital with the experience of 20 years offer the latest medical and surgical treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. Treatment includes benign and malignant conditions.
A colectomy, or, colon resection, removes all or part of the large intestine.
A colostomy is a surgical procedure during which your surgeon creates a hole in your abdominal wall and pulls one end of the colon through the opening. Surgeons perform colostomy procedures to treat a number of colon and rectal conditions. This procedure fundamentally alters how your body excretes waste and fecal matter. The area where the new opening sits is called a stoma. This is where waste matter will exit your body. The colostomy is either temporary or permanent.
Endoscopic surgery is performed using a scope, a flexible tube with a camera and light at the tip. This allows the surgeon to see inside your colon and perform procedures without making major incisions, allowing for easier recovery time and less pain and discomfort. Snaring is the most common surgical procedure that can be performed through any of the endoscopes. A snare is a wire formed like a lasso that is looped over a tumor and tightened; then the wire is electrified to prevent bleeding as it cuts through.
Surgery for hemorrhoids is called a hemorrhoidectomy. During a hemorrhoidectomy, surgeon will place you under local anesthesia and make incisions around your anus to remove the hemorrhoids. You may feel some tenderness around the incisions.
Ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA), also called the J-pouch procedure, is a procedure to create a pouch from the end of your small intestine and attach the pouch to the anus. If you need to have your large intestine (colon) removed, IPAA restores your stool function. Surgeons perform this procedure for patients who needed their large intestine removed during a procedure called a colectomy, or colon resection. Patients can live without a colon, but bowel control can be problematic. This procedure helps restore control over bowel function.
Surgeons perform surgery to remove the colon (colectomy) to treat ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. The surgery is highly effective against ulcerative colitis, curing the disease and removing the risk of colon cancer. For Crohn’s disease, the surgery can provide long-term relief from flare-ups, lasting as long as a few years. Unfortunately, there is no cure for Crohn’s disease, and the disease usually returns.
Surgeons often perform an internal sphincterotomy to treat anal fissures (small tears in the mucous lining of the rectum). The internal sphincter is the muscle in your body that opens and closes to allow stool to pass from the body. The goal of this procedure is to stretch or cut the internal sphincter to weaken the muscle temporarily, allowing it to heal.
Rectopexy is a surgical procedure to treat rectal prolapse. This procedure repositions the internal structures and secures them in place. A resection is a surgical procedure to remove all or part of a diseased organ or tissue.