The sigmoid colon is the last section of the bowel — the part that attaches to the rectum. It pushes feces along the bowel tract. It’s about a foot and a half long (around 40 centimeters) and ...

An 89-year-old man was evaluated for recurrent abdominal pain and bloody stools. During the previous 4 months, he had been hospitalized three times for the same symptoms. Diverticulosis and Clostri ...

The marginal artery of the colon, supplied from above by branches of the superior mesenteric artery and from below by branches of the hypogastric artery, will preserve viability of the large bowel.

The 70-year-old patient had initially presented with rectal bleeding. Colonoscopy revealed a large ulcerated, fungating, friable mass at 30 cm in the sigmoid colon. Biopsy showed an invasive ...

Some people have a sigmoid colon that’s a bit longer than usual, which is a normal variation in human anatomy, she adds. “I was always told I had a long colon,” Grenham recalls.

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...

Results showed -- in addition to a known infrarenal aortic aneurysm -- a large pseudoaneurysm arising from the right common iliac artery, extending anteriorly and obliquely adjacent to the sigmoid ...

Background: Curative resection of sigmoid colon and rectal cancer includes "high tie" of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA). However, IMA ligation compromises blood flow to the anastomosis, which ...

Flexible sigmoidoscopy is a test that a doctor uses to check the inner lining of your rectum and the lower part of your colon.. You may get this test if you have certain gut problems, such as ...

Just when she thought life couldn’t get busier, New Jersey mom of six Elaine Griffin got diagnosed with Stage 2b colon cancer. “I was very shocked, and I think the doctors were as well because ...