Tonight I had left instructions; it was a tricky bowel resection.

View the slideshow on bowel resection to see what happens during this surgery.

In some cases, bowel resection can be done with a laparoscopy.

Both bowel resections may be done in the traditional way or by laparoscopic surgery.

The traditional bowel resection is made using an open surgical approach, called colectomy.

The primary bowel resection is the standard procedure for diverticulitis.

It has been investigated for use in Crohn's disease after bowel resection.

I have had one bowel resection 1 foot of intestine gone.

At 21, he had to undergo his first bowel resection.

Age should not be a reason to avoid having a bowel resection.