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I had a colon resection because of several bouts of diverticulitis.. 5 yrs later i have another infection ... thought surgery was a cure?
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Diverticulitis: You might have had diverticulosis in other parts of your colon.
Answered 9/10/2013
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Not necessary: Disease may return , you have resection of badly diseased segment only , but have disease on most of the left colon ( even entire colon in rare cases ) , it is possible that disease may return in some cases , resecting the entire colon is a drastic step , not done
Answered 9/10/2013
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