This procedure has been shown to be safe and effective in preventing anastomotic leak, and may become the method of choice in patients with sigmoid volvulus.

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.

CT abdomen and pelvis demonstrated a sigmoid annular lesion without definite evidence of distant metastatic disease. She subsequently underwent a sigmoid resection with primary anastomosis.

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

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.

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In a case of sigmoid volvulus without gangrene and a clean bowel, is it safe to attempt a 1-stage resection anastomosis?

The most common site of CP was in the sigmoid colon (n = 12, 80%), and followed by the transverse colon (n = 2, 13%) and the benign stricture site of ileorectal anastomosis (n = 1, 7%).