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.

Many Mikulicz resections of the sigmoid were done on feeble, elderly people or patients with liver metastases in whom it was not planned to close the colostomy.

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

Removing the sigmoid part of the bowel (sigmoid colon) is called a sigmoid colectomy. Removing all of the colon Surgery to remove the whole of the large bowel (colon) is called a total colectomy. The ...

Zurück zum Zitat Cirocchi R, Afshar S, Shaban F, Nascimbeni R, Vettoretto N, et al. Perforated sigmoid diverticulitis: Hartmann’s procedure or resection with primary anastomosis a systematic review ...

The sigmoid colon normally helps stool transit out the last part of the large intestine. This article describes functional impairments and pain symptoms.

A redundant colon is an abnormally long colon that twists and loops to fit into the body. Read on for the possible causes, when to see a doctor, diagnosis, and more.

Flexible colonoscopy (9 March 2019) revealed two tumors at the rectal anastomosis of PPH (Figure 1); the sigmoid anastomosis and remaining colorectal mucosa appeared to have normal results. Both ...

In rectal surgery, double-stapled anastomosis is one of the most common techniques. However, the crossing of the staple line is considered a weakness of this method and could lead to anastomotic ...