Digestive Health: Treatments

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  • Gallstones - Surgery

    08/02/07, Healthwise

    Surgery to remove the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) is the treatment of choice for gallstones that cause moderate to severe pain or other symptoms. Symptoms usually do not return after the gallbladder has been removed. In a small numb

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  • Gallstones - Other Treatment

    08/02/07, Healthwise

    Other treatment options for gallstones are not widely available. Less is known about their effectiveness and long-term impact compared with surgery.

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  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Treatment Overview

    05/23/08, Healthwise

    Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a long-term (chronic) but manageable condition. Treatment will depend on the types of symptoms you have and their severity, as well as how they affect your daily life, and will likely involve changes to y

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  • Partial colectomy for diverticular disease

    07/30/08, Healthwise

    Surgical treatment of diverticulitis or diverticular bleeding involves removing the diseased part of the colon (partial colectomy) and then joining the remaining sections. Partial colectomy is done under general anesthesia.

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  • Ileoanal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis

    11/03/08, Healthwise

    This surgery is done to treat ulcerative colitis. The doctor removes all of the large intestine (colon) and the diseased lining of the rectum.

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  • Proctocolectomy and ileostomy for inflammatory bowel disease

    10/09/08, Healthwise

    In proctocolectomy, the large intestine and rectum are removed, leaving the lower end of the small intestine (the ileum). The doctor sews the anus closed and makes a small opening called a stoma in the skin of the lower abdomen. The

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  • Continent ileostomy for ulcerative colitis

    11/03/08, Healthwise

    The surgeon removes the large intestine (colon) and creates a pouch and a valve from the lower end of the small intestine (the ileum). The surgeon then connects the valve to an opening (stoma) in the skin of the lower abdomen. After t

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