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Problems After First Rib Resection Surgery
Small bowel resection is surgery to remove part or all of your small bowel. It is done when part of your small bowel is blocked or diseased.
The small bowel is also called the small intestine. Most digestion (breaking down and absorbing nutrients) of the food you eat takes place in the small intestine.
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Small intestine surgery; Bowel resection - small intestine; Resection of part of the small intestine; Enterectomy
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