Table 5.
Extent of colectomy when undertaken electively or as emergency for people who were admitted to hospital for ulcerative colitis and for Crohn's disease in England, 1998-2000
| Extent of colectomy | Ulcerative colitis | Crohn's disease | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) with elective colectomy (n=1198) | No (%) with emergency colectomy (n=785) | No (%) with elective colectomy (n=1362) | No (%) with emergency colectomy (n=1030) | ||
| Total excision of colon and rectum | 559 (46.7) | 87 (11.1) | 128 (9.4) | 37 (3.6) | |
| Total excision of colon | 166 (13.9) | 323 (41.1) | 73 (5.4) | 75 (7.3) | |
| Extended excision of right hemicolon | 2 (0.2) | 6 (0.8) | 53 (3.9) | 49 (4.8) | |
| Other excision of right hemicolon | 12 (1.0) | 24 (3.1) | 805 (59.1) | 655 (63.6) | |
| Excision of transverse colon | 2 (0.2) | 4 (0.5) | 12 (0.9) | 9 (0.9) | |
| Excision of left hemicolon | 15 (1.3) | 8 (1.0) | 32 (2.3) | 20 (1.9) | |
| Excision of sigmoid colon | 20 (1.7) | 17 (2.2) | 56 (4.1) | 32 (3.1) | |
| Other excision of colon | 142 (11.9) | 306 (39.0) | 120 (8.8) | 126 (12.2) | |
| Excision of rectum | 300 (25.0) | 20 (2.5) | 129 (9.5) | 50 (4.9) | |
A small number of patients had more than one colectomy procedure: each has been counted.