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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ulcerative colitis can affect different parts of your colon and rectum. There are three main types of UC that can have various symptoms. Find out why they differ and how to treat each form.

Based on: A Treatise on Diseases of the Rectum, Anus, and Sigmoid Flexure. By Joseph M. Mathews, M.D., L.L.D., President of the American Medical Association, 1898; Professor of Surgery and ...

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.