Fast track your treatment
To book an appointment or speak with one of our friendly team, please get in touch using the options below
Welcome to the Circle Health Group website. We've changed our name from BMI Healthcare. Just as before, we have thousands of specialists offering expert healthcare. Click here to find a specialist or a hospital near you.
If you suffer from ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, a laparoscopic colectomy is a minimally invasive procedure to help you feel better.
A laparoscopic colectomy is a procedure aimed at patients suffering from ulcerative colitis or Crohns disease whose conditions cannot be managed by medical treatments such as steroids.
As opposed to a traditional open surgery, a laparoscopic colectomy allows surgeons to look at the internal organs on a monitor thanks to a laparoscope which lights up and magnifies the structures inside the abdomen. The surgeon will make 4 small cuts in the abdomen, introduce instruments through these ports and remove the large intestine (colon) through a small cut in the abdomen. This minimally invasive surgery will also involve making a stoma/side passage. The time in hospital is seven days and recovery is between 4 and 8 weeks.
The advantages of a laparoscopic colectomy as opposed to open colectomy are:
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
MBChB, MD, FRCS (Glasg), FRCS (Edin), FRCS (IntColl), FST
Ross Hall Hospital 1 more Ross Hall Clinic Braehead
Consultant Laparoscopic GI & General Surgeon
MBBS, FRCSEd, FRCS(Gen.Surg),MSc(Surg.Sc)
The Clementine Churchill Hospital
Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal and General Surgeon
MBBS, FRCSEd, MSc, FRCS (Intercollegiate)
The Saxon Clinic
Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon
M.B.,Ch.B., M.D., FRCS (General Surgery)
Ross Hall Hospital 1 more Ross Hall Clinic Braehead
Consultant General Surgeon
MBBS, Bsc, PGDip, FHEA, FRCS
The Ridgeway Hospital
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCS
The Meriden Hospital