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Food for colon cancer surgery
Food according to colon cancer surgery
Characteristics of the different ostomies and surgeries of extirpation:
We must bear in mind that these characteristics are general. Each person is different and must be treated individually and specifically, by a qualified professional who performs a thorough personalized monitoring.
| Name of the surgery | Consistency of fecesPost-surgery / With adaptation time | |
| Ileostomy or cecostomy | Post surgery Very liquid and very irritating (Bile Juices) With adaptation time Liquid, continued and irritating (improves slightly over the years) With adaptation time Liquids and irritant (with possible posterior partial resorption) | |
| Total colectomy | ||
| Proctocolectomy | ||
| Proctocolectomy and excision of the anus | ||
| Right Hemicolectomy | ||
| Ascending colostomy | Post surgery Liquid and quite irritating With adaptation time Semiliquids and irritants | |
| Left Hemicolectomy | ||
| Transverse colostomy | Post surgery Liquid and quite irritating Transverse colostomy with adaptation time Semi-liquid and slightly irritating Descending colostomy with adaptation time Solid, well-formed and non-irritating Sigmoid colostomy and sigmoidestomy with adaptation time Solid, firm and non-irritating | |
| Descending colostomy | ||
| Sigmoid colostomy or sigmoideostomy | ||
| Sigmoidectomy | ||
| Name of the surgery | Nutritional losses Nutrients to be provided by the diet |
| Ileostomy or cecostomy | Nutritional losses Hydric, sodium, chlorine, potassium, proteins, Caloric insufficiency. Lower fermentative capacity. Nutrients to be provided by the diet Hydration (2-2.5 liters of water per day). Hypercaloric and hyperproteic diet (with branched amino acids: arginine, glutamine and ornithine) and low in fat. No residue (no insoluble fiber). With basifying effect, calcifying, anti-inflammatory and avoiding stimulating bile. Rich in vitamin C, in beta carotenes, in vitamin B12, in minerals such as sodium, chlorine and potassium (drinks with electrolytes).
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| Total colectomy | |
| Proctocolectomy | |
| Proctocolectomy and excision of the anus | |
| Right Hemicolectomy | |
| Ascending colostomy | |
| Left Hemicolectomy | |
| Transverse colostomy | Nutritional losses Hydric, sodium, chlorine and potassium. Does not synthesize vitamin K. Nutrients to be provided by the diet Hydration (2-2.5 liters of water per day). Diet normocaloric, slightly hyperprotein and low fat-free. With basifying effect, calcifying, anti-inflammatory. Rich in minerals such as sodium, chlorine and potassium (drinks with electrolytes). REGENERATE the colon: with soluble fiber (pectins, gums and mucilages), betacarotenes and probiotics |
| Descending colostomy | |
| Sigmoid colostomy or sigmoideostomy | |
| Sigmoidectomy |
* Related information:
– Colon cancer vegetarian menu
More information on colon cancer.
