“How painful is a colon resection?”
I will have a colon resection for colon cancer. How painful is a colon resection?
7 Answers
In general there is little pain from the colon its self. Most of the pain will be from the incision(s). The amount of pain is variable depending on the details of the incision(s). Laparoscopic/robotic tends to hurt less. The other main factor is your tolerance to pain. I find a TAP block with Exparel is helpful.
It depends how we will control the postoperative pain. In any postoperative surgical procedure, pain can be successfully controlled with no narcotics. I always use my Italian education in medicine which is built in the prevention of the pain. No narcotics allowed. I always use anti-inflammatory drugs as scheduled and not as needed. If we use medications as needed, we will always chase your pain threshold.
Hello.
You are asking about pain as a side effect of a colon resection. This depends on the type of resection. The most common operation requires an abdominal incision. This can be uncomfortable for a few days following the surgery. Usually one is limited in the amount of food and drink one can take until the bowel comes back to life. There are usually medicines including pain medications that are prescribed to control postoperative discomfort.
Good luck. This type of surgery is likely curative for the cancer.
You are asking about pain as a side effect of a colon resection. This depends on the type of resection. The most common operation requires an abdominal incision. This can be uncomfortable for a few days following the surgery. Usually one is limited in the amount of food and drink one can take until the bowel comes back to life. There are usually medicines including pain medications that are prescribed to control postoperative discomfort.
Good luck. This type of surgery is likely curative for the cancer.
It depends on if it is a minimally invasive surgery or if it is an open type of surgery. Essentially a minimally invasive surgery is laparoscopically performed with an incision 6 cm or smaller to extract the portion of the colon. Anything longer than 6 cm is considered an open surgery. There are some variations on things but those are the two basic categories. It also depends on if this is a planned surgery or if it is emergent. It sounds like you’re having a planned surgery. People are in the hospital for 2 to 6 days depending on how they are recovering. People typically require narcotics for pain control so without pain medication colon surgery is very very painful. With pain medication than it is manageable.
Need to ask your surgeon. Depends on if it is open or laparoscopic.
Your pain is supposed to be controlled intra-op and post-op. All Surgery is painful.
It depends on how the surgery will be performed. If it is an open surgery, then your pain will likely be higher as will your recovery from surgery . However, if you have a laparoscopic or robotic colon resection, your recovery will be faster, with less pain. I perform >95% of colon surgeries as Robotic colon resections, allowing for minimal pain and significantly faster recovery on a routing basis.
