Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions COLORECTAL DISEASE Case #7 - A 70 year old female with passing bright red blood per rectum DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 11.) What operative procedures may be required? If the source of bleeding is known, a segmental bowel resection may be done. If the source is thought to be large bowel but the site is not known, a total colectomy with ileoproctostomy is advised. If the source is not known, the small bowel can be transilluminated at laparotomy and intraoperative enteroscopy may be done.
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