Repeat intubation of the sigmoid colon shows benefits in the detection of adenomas that may otherwise be missed with only a forward view of the right colon.

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 ...

A bowel resection is a surgery to remove any part of the bowel. This includes the small intestine, large intestine, or rectum. Doctors use it to treat diseases and blockages of the large intestine ...

Q: Is Diverticular-Associated Colitis a Subset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Does My Patient Need Any Medical Therapy to Prevent Recurrence of Colitis? A: Diverticular-associated colitis is an ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, or another condition that affects the colon, you may need a colon resection. Colon resection surgery, also referred to as a colectomy, is a surgical ...

Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...

THE incidence of sigmoidal volvulus in the United States is so low that few surgeons acquire great experience in dealing with it. It is reported by most authors as ranging between 1 and 4 per cent of ...

Distal Spread of Carcinoma of the Rectosigmoid. In 1952 Cole 10 reported the recurrence of carcinoma in the suture line after adequate anterior resection of the rectum in 10 per cent of a series of 55 ...