Recent advances in understanding and managing diverticulitis. [PDF]
, 2018 In the past few decades, the increasing socioeconomic burden of acute diverticulitis (AD) has become evident, and with the growth of the population age, this significant economic impact will likely continue to rise. Furthermore, recent evidence showed an
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Delayed presentation of a sigmoid colon injury following blunt abdominal trauma: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012 Introduction The low incidence of colon injury due to blunt abdominal trauma and the lack of a definitive diagnostic method for the same can lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment, subsequently resulting in high morbidity and mortality.
Ertugrul Gokhan +4 more
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Surgical Endoscopy, 2012 BackgroundRobotically assisted colon resection is a new type of surgery for colon cancer. However, the evidence is inadequate for the general adaptation of robotic colon surgery.
D. Lim +8 more
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Morphometry of the adult sigmoid colon and relation to volvulus [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: The sigmoid colon in Africans is commonly affected by volvulus formation. Anatomical characteristics of this part of the colon could provide some of the contributory explanations for male gender predisposition.
Anangwe, D +3 more
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Spontaneous Colon Perforations Associated with a Vascular Type of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2014 Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type (vEDS) (MIM #130050) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutation in the type III collagen gene, COL3A1, leading to fragility of blood vessels, bowel and uterus that leads to spontaneous rupture.
Akira Yoneda +7 more
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A proposed therapeutic algorithm for colorectal cancer prevention, based on endoscopic polypectomies in patients with multiple colonic polyps [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction. Results from single medical centers having large numbers of patients with multiple colonic polyps that have undergone colonoscopy management are rare. Material and method.
Alexandru, Septimiu +3 more
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Identifying prognostic structural features in tissue sections of colon cancer patients using point pattern analysis [PDF]
, 2018 Diagnosis and prognosis of cancer is informed by the architecture inherent in cancer patient tissue sections. This architecture is typically identified by pathologists, yet advances in computational image analysis facilitate quantitative assessment of ...
Bown, James L. +6 more
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Anatomical Region of the Colon as an Influencing Factor for Ulcerative Colitis Development
Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Objectives: To determine if the anatomical location and extent of ulcerative inflammation influences the primary development of ulcerative colitis by defining the primary starting locations of ulcerative inflammation processes and determining the ...
Enkhbaatar Tseden +2 more
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Digital design of medical replicas via desktop systems: shape evaluation of colon parts [PDF]
, 2018 In this paper, we aim at providing results concerning the application of desktop systems for rapid prototyping of medical replicas that involve complex shapes, as, for example, folds of a colon.
Bici, Michele +7 more
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Colouterine Fistula Caused by Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon
Journal of the Korean society of coloproctology, 2012 Colouterine fistula is an extremely rare condition because the uterus is a thick, muscular organ. Here, we present a case of a colouterine fistula secondary to colonic diverticulitis.
P. Choi
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