Whether you have scar tissue in the area from previous surgery ... To make sure that only healthy tissue is left, the doctor removes a small amount of colon or rectum tissue on both sides of the tumor ...

I now have a scar ... colon to identify various blood vessels. Having cleared the veins away from above and below the tumour, I use electro-surgery as a nearly bloodless way of cutting the tissue ...

Then healthy parts of the colon or rectum are sewn back together ... These include: The location and extent of the disease Your general health Whether you have scar tissue in the area from previous ...

"For example, the skin capillaries are markedly different than the eye capillaries, which are markedly different than the capillaries in the heart, which are different than the ones in the colon. If ...