Reference: Coban S, Yilmaz M, Terzi A, Yildiz F, Ozgor D, Ara C, Yologlu S, Kirimlioglu V. Resection and primary anastomosis with or without modified blow-hole colostomy for sigmoid volvulus ...

This surgical procedure removes the sigmoid colon and connects the descending colon with the anus. It can be done via open or laparoscopic surgery. ... Leakage at the anastomosis, ...

In February, 1954, a carcinoma of the sigmoid lying in the hollow of the sacrum was resected, with an anastomosis relatively low in the pelvis. A complementary transverse colostomy was done that ...

An 80-year-old woman with personal history of early-stage breast cancer, treated with lumpectomy and radiation 11 years ago, initially presented with lower gastrointestinal bleeding in June 2008.

Twenty-six patients had lesions in the sigmoid . Seven cases were inoperable. Three of these had a cecostomy only, and 2 of them died within hours or days of this procedure.

In a case of sigmoid volvulus without gangrene and a clean bowel, is it safe to attempt a 1-stage resection anastomosis? News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...

Surgeons typically perform a sigmoid colectomy with either a primary anastomosis or an end colostomy. Sigmoid colectomy: In this procedure, surgeons remove a piece of the bowel.

WebMD explains laparoscopic proctosigmoidectomy, a surgery that removes a diseased section of the rectum and sigmoid colon if there is colorectal cancer.

That hesitancy may explain the findings of a 2019 nationwide study that found that just 7.6% of patients undergoing emergency colectomy for diverticulitis receive primary anastomosis, while an ...