Converse of object

• undergo: In January 1986 she had undergone a right colectomy.

• have: Had routine colectomy been performed in all, twenty eight additional patients would have required operation.

• assist: CONCLUSION: These results suggest that laparoscopically assisted colectomy may be particularly indicated in elderly patients.

• follow: Following colectomy, the periampullary region is the commonest site of gastrointestinal malignancy in FAP patients.

Preposition: for

• cancer: The aim of this study was to compare short-term QOL outcomes after LAC vs. open colectomy for colon cancer.

Adjective modifier

• prophylactic: With prophylactic colectomy, the main risks to life are the development of duodenal cancer or desmoid tumors.

• total: I am about to under go a resection or a total colectomy.

• sigmoid: For a sigmoid colectomy, the splenic flexure should be mobilized so that the transverse colon can be potentially brought down for the anastomosis.

• laparoscopic-assisted: The use of any new treatment modality, such a laparoscopic-assisted colectomy, should produce at least a similar recurrence and survival profile.

• transverse: For a lesion in the transverse colon it may be that an extended right hemicolectomy is safer option than a transverse colectomy.

• right: In January 1986 she had undergone a right colectomy.