Surgical parameters, including lymph nodes dissection (LND), the duration of surgery, intraoperative blood loss, surgical site distribution (rectum and sigmoid colon), etc., were also assessed. A ...

Gallstone ileus of the sigmoid colon is an important, though extremely rare, cause of large bowel obstruction. The gallstone often enters the large bowel through a fistula formation between the ...

CT confirmed sigmoid colon perforation. Both life-saving Hartmann’s and hip disarticulation procedures ... which was only identified after initial surgery and a CT scan. Given his excellent ...

The sigmoid colon is located on the left side of the abdomen ... or drainage from the area. A fistula may be treated with surgery or with the use of a seton, which is a thread that is gradually ...

In this type of ulcerative colitis, the inflammation is located in the rectum and sigmoid colon (the last section of the colon ... One treatment for ulcerative colitis, which is surgery to remove the ...

Background Transverse sinus stenosis (TSS) and sigmoid sinus wall anomalies (SSWAs ... suggesting that additional interventions like coiling or surgery of SSWAs may be unnecessary. Contributors All ...

An emotional distress lawsuit proceeded with the plaintiff claiming an endocrinologist prescribed dangerously high ...

Legend: Site = site of the pain; WBC = white blood cell count prior to surgery; EA = Epiploic appendagitis; RLQ = right lower quadrant; LLQ = left lower quadrant; NPF = no pathological finding ...

Design In this single-centre case–control study, sigmoid colon biopsies were obtained from patients with UC with ongoing inflammation (n=36) or in remission (n=28), and from 47 patients without ...

For example, polyposis involving the transverse colon and sigmoid raises problems of therapy too extensive to be covered here. Pseudopolyps, associated with inflammatory lesions. Ulcerative ...