Hello and thanks for your enquiry,

We have information and a diagram that shows colon surgery and colectomy

So, a hemi colectomy is when the large bowel, called the descending colon on the left side, has the cancer removed, and the ends of the bowel are re-joined.

I hope this helps,

Best wishes,

Vanda

Thank you. I don't know why I hadn't asked before. So the remaining one is the small one.

I forgot to say the bowel didn't have cancer. I had a retroperitoneal liposarcoma and the left bowel had to be removed, plus other organs, in order to remove the sarcoma.

I forgot to say the bowel didn't have cancer. I had a retroperitoneal liposarcoma and the left bowel had to be removed, plus other organs, in order to remove the sarcoma.