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What is the life expectancy after colon removal?
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Depends...: ...On why you had surgery (diverticulitis, ischemic changes, inflammatory bowel, cancer, etc.), what was found by the surgeon, your other co-morbidities, age, ; a lot more factors (many of which are out of both our control).
Answered 5/7/2019
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