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Avoiding diarrhea after subtotal colectomy with primary anastomosis in the treatment of colon cancer.

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1997

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Moshe Z. Papa, Tami Karni, M. E. Koller, E. Klein, Danny W. Scott, D Bersuk, M Sareli, Giora Ben Ari
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Abstract

Subtotal colectomy is an acceptable treatment for left colonic carcinoma, electively as well as in emergency situations. Postoperative diarrhea can be minimized by attention to the length of small bowel and sigmoid that are resected.