An 89-year-old man was evaluated for recurrent abdominal pain and bloody stools. During the previous 4 months, he had been hospitalized three times for the same symptoms. Diverticulosis and Clostri ...

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 ...

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...

Some people have a sigmoid colon that’s a bit longer than usual, which is a normal variation in human anatomy, she adds. “I was always told I had a long colon,” Grenham recalls.

Just when she thought life couldn’t get busier, New Jersey mom of six Elaine Griffin got diagnosed with Stage 2b colon cancer. “I was very shocked, and I think the doctors were as well because ...

The marginal artery of the colon, supplied from above by branches of the superior mesenteric artery and from below by branches of the hypogastric artery, will preserve viability of the large bowel.

Results showed -- in addition to a known infrarenal aortic aneurysm -- a large pseudoaneurysm arising from the right common iliac artery, extending anteriorly and obliquely adjacent to the sigmoid ...

Colon is considered an important organ because it helps the body absorb nutrients and calories, ... ascending colon, transverse colon, and sigmoid colon. ... Tips To Prevent Artery Blockage: ...

Background: Curative resection of sigmoid colon and rectal cancer includes "high tie" of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA). However, IMA ligation compromises blood flow to the anastomosis, which ...

CT scan of the abdomen (noncontrast) demonstrates origin of the right common iliac artery, dilatation of the aneurysm sac, and contiguity with a loop of sigmoid colon.