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I too was puzzled by the apparent incongruence between "total colectomy" and still having the ascending colon.
Question for you, @rjjacobsen : in a total colectomy do they remove the sygmoid and rectum too?
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In my case, which was considered a "total colectomy", Mayo connected the end of the small intestine to the rectum. Removed the cecum through the sigmoid section. My cancer was mainly before and at the splenic flexure, but the sigmoid section was so messed up with diverticula, they took it out too.
So, that would mean a TC doesn't include the rectum, but I'm just reporting what they told me.
Hope this helps.
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Apparently the transverse, descending and sigmoid colon was remove not the ascending colon.