Methods As part of standard post-treatment for locally advanced sigmoid adenocarcinoma, we will report a distant and unusual organ site where colorectal cancer metastasised to the bronchus. A ...

Case presentation We present the case of a 61-year-old man, BMI 23, with an endoscopic diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon, which was incidentally discovered during diagnostic ...

Flexible sigmoidoscopy A flexible sigmoidoscopy is a test to look inside the lower part of your large bowel. A specialist doctor or nurse (endoscopist) uses a flexible sigmoidoscope for this test.

Cite this: The Efficacy of Intraoperative Methylene Blue Enemas To Assess The Integrity Of A Colonic Anastomosis - Medscape - Aug 02, 2007.

In this study, an obstacle avoidance maneuver with sigmoid function optimization is applied on the path following control of the Autonomous truck-trailer. The accumulation of trailers and traffic ...

The wrapping of autologous tissue materials around the anastomosis is considered a potential method to prevent complications at the anastomotic site. Various autologous tissues, including pedicled ...

Among the contrast-enhancement methods, histogram equalization is the most popular. However, its major drawback is that it over-enhances the image and shifts its mean brightness and, consequently, it ...

Background The KONO-S (antimesenteric functional end-to-end handsewn) anastomosis has been used for Crohn’s disease (CD) recently, with its efficacy in reducing the risk of anastomotic surgical ...

Objective To examine whether preadmission glucocorticoid use increases the risk of anastomotic leakage after colon and rectal cancer resections. Design A population-based cohort study. Setting Denmark ...

A limited experience with an initial series of nine patients operated upon for tricuspid atresia using a modified superior vena cava to right pulmonary artery anastomosis is presented. The modified ...