When Colon Surgery is the Right Option for Diverticular Disease and Cancer

The colon, also called the large intestine, is a long tube-like organ at the end of your digestive system that helps your body process the food you eat--without you even noticing it—unless there is a problem.

In the event part of the colon becomes infected or malfunctions, the entire digestive system can go off kilter and result in painful and debilitating symptoms that require immediate medical care.

If medication and dietary changes can’t correct the situation, surgery may be the fastest and safest way to permanently resolve colon disease or infection.

Fortunately for the colorectal surgery patient, most of these operations can be performed laparoscopically, using just a few tiny incisions rather than a large and more complex open surgery.

Read about a member of the Prime Surgicare staff who had emergency colon surgery.

I surgically treat lower GI diagnoses including:

• Colorectal cancer
• Diverticular disease

I specialize in performing the safest colorectal surgery operations including total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer; minimally invasive laparoscopy, robotic surgery;

Throughout the surgical process, our entire medical team collaborates closely with the patient’s gastroenterologist, medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, and surgeons from other specialties, to ultimately provide an integrated treatment plan.

When Colon Surgery May be the Best Treatment Option

If medication and dietary changes don’t resolve the issue, the following symptoms and conditions may be more successfully remediated by surgery:

• Chronic bleeding from the bowels
• Quality
• Superior care
• Trust

• Bowel obstruction
• Complications from diverticulitis

Find out more about colon surgery that will have you up the day after surgery.

Colon Cancer Treatment

Obese people are at higher risk for several chronic medical conditions, including cancer. On more than one occasion, we have seen patients who were undergoing pre-surgical testing for bariatric surgery discover they have cancer, frequently in the colon.

To help these patients, we have removed the tumor and eventually moved forward to perform successful weight loss surgery.

James Langhan talks about his colon cancer surgery followed by gastric sleeve weight loss surgery.

Our Freehold-based surgical team has undergone specialized surgical training to perform the latest minimally invasive laparoscopic gastrointestinal procedures. Regardless of what GI surgery you may be facing, partner with a surgical practice who has received rave reviews from patients.

Call Prime Surgicare, located on the CentraState Medical Center campus in Freehold, NJ, at 732-982-2002 to schedule an appointment to talk about your healthcare needs.