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A sigmoidoscopy examines the lower colon, while a colonoscopy views the entire colon. Colonoscopy requires full prep; sigmoidoscopy has less prep.

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Volvulus is a condition that occurs when your bowel (which makes up your small intestine, colon, and rectum) twists around itself, causing a bowel blockage. This twist can block blood flow to the ...

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

Similar measurements were made of the various layers of the sigmoid colon in 20 additional specimens that had been resected for chronic ulcerative colitis but in which there were no strictures.

A subtotal colectomy is where the surgeon removes most of the colon but is able to leave part of the left side of the colon called the sigmoid colon. The surgeon joins the small bowel to the remaining ...