The sigmoid colon is the final part of your colon before the rectum, and it finishes the job of turning food waste into a solid mass that looks like what you typically see in the toilet. [ 2 ] ...

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 ...

The recovery period for sigmoid colectomy will vary depending on the type of surgery you undergo. It frequently includes a hospital stay between 3 and 10 days. If you have open surgery, your ...

Her colonoscopy revealed a fungating, infiltrative and ulcerated partially obstructing large 7 cm mass in sigmoid colon. The biopsy revealed well- to moderately differentiated invasive adenocarcinoma.