Based on: A Treatise on Diseases of the Rectum, Anus and Sigmoid Flexure. By Joseph M. Mathews, M.I)., Professor of Surgery, and Clinical Lecturer on Diseases of the Rectum, at the Kentucky School ...

In all, 545 patients underwent total colonoscopy. The clinical characteristics of these patients are provided in Table 1. Because rectal therapy may affect inflammatory activity in the rectum and ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Origin of the Sigmoid Flexure and the Appendicula Vermiformis of the Human Colon ” in SA Supplements Vol. 35 No. 908supp (May 1893 ...

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Results: Of 545 patients, 319 (59%) had maximum inflammation in the rectum, 79 (14%) in the sigmoid colon, 70 (13%) in the descending colon, and 77 (14%) on the oral side of the splenic flexure.