Results: Of 545 patients, 319 (59%) had maximum inflammation in the rectum, 79 (14%) in the sigmoid colon, 70 (13%) in the descending colon, and 77 (14%) on the oral side of the splenic flexure.

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This article was originally published with the title “The Origin of the Sigmoid Flexure and the Appendicula Vermiformis of the Human Colon” inSA Supplements Vol. 35 No. 908supp(May 1893), p ...

Based on: A Treatise on Diseases of the Rectum, Anus and Sigmoid Flexure. By Joseph M. Mathews, M.I)., Professor of Surgery, and Clinical Lecturer on Diseases of the Rectum, at the Kentucky School ...

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Further investigations included a suction rectal biopsy which found aganglionosis—an absence of ganglion cells—on three sections (section 1 at 1 cm, section 2 at 2 cm, and section 3 at 3 cm). Two ...

Clinical Lecture ON CARCINOMA OF THE SIGMOID FLEXURE. - The Lancet The Brown Lectures.| Volume 116, ISSUE 2990, P966-968, December 18, 1880 ...

The S-shaped sigmoid flexure of the penis is an anatomical feature in ruminants that produces a restriction where stones lodge as they pass from the bladder to the outside. Stones often get stuck in ...

A treatise on diseases of the rectum, anus, and sigmoid flexure by Mathews, Joseph McDowell, 1847-1928 Publication date 1892 Publisher New York, D. Appleton and company Collection library_of_congress; ...

Since the splenic flexure is a bend in the colon, gas can build up in that area. If the gas build-up too much, you can get “splenic flexure syndrome”. Splenic Flexure and Blood Flow Two major ...