“The rectum is different than the sigmoid colon,” she explains. “Each of these regions has a somewhat different biology and predilection to tumor formation.” Alexandrov and Sears agree ...

The proliferation of AI dramatically increases the amount of data that needs to be processed, stored, and moved, accelerating the aging of signal paths through which that data travels and forcing ...

Adhesions in the sigmoid and descending colon were lysed. The left pararectal space was ... particularly in the distal rectum. This vascular redundancy ensures rectal viability even with partial ...

The exam revealed that she had a 5-centimeter polyp in her sigmoid colon, the section of the colon that connects to the rectum. Shortly thereafter, doctors removed 3 feet of her colon and 13 lymph ...

Griffin was 44 when doctors discovered that a 4.3-centimeter tumor had broken through the wall of her sigmoid colon, the part of the large intestine that connects to the rectum. The Hamilton ...

A CT scan after those treatments showed that her liver metastases, were shrinking but another mass in her sigmoid colon appeared to be growing. Her doctors wanted to shrink and reduce most of her ...

Her colon had to be “unkinked” during an emergency colonoscopy, Grenham says, then shortened to prevent it from happening again. The sigmoid colon — the part of the large intestine nearest ...

Colon cancer rates for people under age 50 are going up across countries both rich and poor. In the US, rates for older adults are declining, while early-onset colon cancer is on the rise ...

The redundant loop of sigmoid was excised on November 27 ... Pathological examination showed infarction and necrosis of the colon. The patient did well after the operation except for the ...

If symptoms are felt, they may include bloating, constipation, and impacted fecal matter. A redundant colon might lead to sigmoid volvulus, a twisting of the sigmoid colon that can be extremely ...

Surgery to remove the left side of the colon is called a left hemi colectomy. Removing the right side of the bowel is called a right hemi colectomy. Removing the sigmoid part of the bowel (sigmoid ...