Ramu is a 60-year-old male with CA Descending colon presents with acute intestinal obstruction. In emergency department t/t of choice is -: (A) Defunctioning colostomy, (B) Hartman's procedure, (C) Total colectomy, (D) Lt hemicolectomy
Answer is B. A variety of operations can be done in the obstructing lesion of left colon depending on a variety of factors, but Hartman's procedure is the most commonly preferred operation.