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Practice parameters for the treatment of colonic diverticular disease: Italian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (SICCR) guidelines [PDF]
, 2015 The mission of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR) is to optimize patient care. Providing evidence-based practice guidelines is therefore of key importance.
Annibale, Bruno +7 more
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Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu, 2018 Objective To examine clinicopathologic characteristics and survival differences of colon cancer patients by different primary locations. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 1088 colon cancer patients.
XU Hongli +5 more
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Schwannoma of the sigmoid colon [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2015 Colonic schwannomas are very rare gastrointestinal tumours originating from Schwann cells, which form the neural sheath. Primary schwannomas of the lower gastrointestinal tract are very rare and usually benign in nature. However, if they are not surgically removed, malign degeneration can occur.
Arif Aslaner +3 more
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Adenocarcinoma arising in sigmoid colon neovagina 53 years after construction
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2018 BackgroundIn view of the rarity of vaginal agenesis, malignancy arising in the neovagina is extremely rare.Case presentationHere, we report a 76-year-old female with an adenocarcinoma arising in the sigmoid colon neovagina which was constructed 53 years ...
Kazunosuke Yamada +5 more
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Archives of Surgery, 1951 VOLVULUS is defined by Laurell1as a torsion of the bowel on its mesentery which produces symptoms due to narrowing, strangulation or both. The geographic incidence of volvulus varies. In middle Europe, Scandinavia, Russia and India it is a rather common cause of intestinal obstruction, whereas in western Europe, the United Kingdom and North America it ...
John M. Waugh, Hiram D. Hilton
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Position of a sigmoid colon in right iliac fossa in children: A retrospective study
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2011 Aim: The aim was to identify the position of sigmoid colon in children and discuss its clinical significance. Materials and Methods: Ninety-one contrast enema studies were retrospectively evaluated and the position of sigmoid colon categorized as below ...
Akshay Kumar Saxena +5 more
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DEN Open, 2023 A 70‐year‐old woman was diagnosed with intramucosal rectal cancer and advanced sigmoid colon cancer at the same time. First, the intramucosal rectal cancer was curatively resected by endoscopic submucosal dissection, and surgery was subsequently ...
Kyohei Nishino +9 more
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Level of arterial ligation in sigmoid colon and rectal cancer surgery
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2016 BackgroundCurative resection of sigmoid colon and rectal cancer includes “high tie” of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA). However, IMA ligation compromises blood flow to the anastomosis, which may increase the leakage rate, and it is unclear whether ...
K. Yasuda +15 more
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Factors associated with the efficacy of polyp detection during routine flexible sigmoidoscopy [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: Flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces the incidence of colonic cancer through the detection and removal of premalignant adenomas. However, the efficacy of the procedure is variable.
Anderson, John H. +4 more
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Sahel Medical Journal, 2016 The sigmoid colon, when longer than its usual length is known as dolichosigmoid or redundant sigmoid colon. In the present case, the redundant sigmoid colon was about 20” long, and its distal part was “M” shaped.
Satheesha B Nayak +5 more
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