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A Symptomatic Coffee Bean: Acute Sigmoid Volvulus

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2017
An acute sigmoid volvulus is due to the torsion of the sigmoid colon around its mesenteric axis. It mainly occurs in elderly patients and represents an abdominal emergency requiring urgent treatment.
Michael Scharl, Luc Biedermann
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Expert Position Statement: Defining the Role of Intestinal Ultrasound in Assessing Constipation and Faecal Loading

Alimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Current evidence for the use of intestinal ultrasound in the assessment of constipation and faecal loading is heterogeneous in paediatrics and lacking in adults. An expert panel voted on 57 statements on intestinal ultrasound and faecal loading to aid researchers in undertaking well‐designed studies to broaden its application.
Ryan M. Mathias, Thomas M. Goodsall, Claire E. Parker, Alice S. Day, Yoon K. An, Brandon Baraty, Chamara Basnayake, Jakob Begun, Ray K. Boyapati, Rebecca Burgell, Michael T. Dolinger, Giovanni Maconi, Kerri L. Novak, Shintaro Sagami, Rebecca L. Smith, Ashish R. Srinivasan, Stuart A. Taylor, Vipul Jairath, Christopher Ma, Robert V. Bryant   +19 more
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Appendectomy Is Not Associated With a Milder Clinical Course of Ulcerative Colitis: A Nationwide Danish Population‐Based Study

Alimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Prior studies suggest a beneficial effect of appendectomy on the clinical course of UC. This nationwide population‐based cohort study finds no lower rates of UC‐related hospitalisation or in the rates of colorectal resections or treatment with biologics for UC patients with appendectomy compared to UC patients without appendectomy.
Anders Mark‐Christensen, Eskild Bendix Kristiansen, Søren Laurberg, Rune Erichsen   +3 more
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The Role of Palliative Surgery for Malignant Bowel Obstruction and Perforation in Advanced Microsatellite Instability-High Colorectal Carcinoma in the Era of Immunotherapy: Case Report. [PDF]

, 2020
The role of palliative surgery in the management of acute complications in patients with disseminated malignancy remains controversial given the complexity of assessing acute surgical risk and long-term oncologic outcome. With the emergence of checkpoint
Bold, Richard J, Canter, Robert J, Cho, May, Fakih, Marwan, Gangi, Alexandra, Gholami, Sepideh, Gong, Jun, Ji, Jingran, Judge, Sean J, Kaur, Manmeet, Kim, Edward, Kirane, Amanda R, Liu, James, Tam, Kit W   +13 more
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PERFORATION OF THE SIGMOID COLON BY A MASS OF INGESTED COTTON THREAD. [PDF]

, 1912
S. P. Croom
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Outcome After Surgery for Colon Cancer in a National Cohort of Patients With and Without Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Alimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
This national cohort study of patients surgically resected for colon cancer, during 2007–2021, compares survival outcomes of patients with and without inflammatory bowel diseases. The main results were that overall survival, recurrence‐free survival and cancer‐specific survival were lower in patients with IBD.
Erik Lundqvist, Karin Westberg, Sol Erika Boman, Ida H. Myrberg, Åsa H. Everhov, Pär Myrelid, Bengt Glimelius, Anna Martling, Caroline Nordenvall   +8 more
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Feasibility study on the design of a probe for rectal cancer detection [PDF]

Rectal examination techniques are considered in terms of detection capability, patient acceptance, and cost reduction. A review of existing clinical techniques are considered in terms of detection capability, patient acceptance, and cost reduction.
Anselm, V. J., Frazer, R. E., Lecroisset, D. H., Roseboro, J. A., Smokler, M. I.   +4 more
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NOTE ON A CASE OF INTUSSUSCEPTION OF THE SIGMOID FLEXURE OF THE COLON. [PDF]

, 1909
Alexander Don
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Synchronic Volvulus of Sigmoid and Transverse Colon: A Rare Case of Large Bowel Obstruction [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2014
Introduction: Volvulus of two segments of colon has been reported rarely, as either synchronous or metachronous events. Colonic volvulus involving both transverse and sigmoid colon is a rare medical problem frequently dismissed as a cause of large bowel ...
Alireza Hoseini, Reza Eshragi Samani, Hamed Parsamoin, Hamidreza Jafari   +3 more
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Discovery‐Replication Strategy Identifies Serum Metabolite Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer in a Chinese Cohort

Cancer Science, EarlyView.
This study used an untargeted metabolomics approach to screen for serum differentially abundant metabolites in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, and after analyzing a discovery cohort and validation cohort, eight metabolites and their constituent panels were identified as not only having diagnostic value for CRC but also showing value for the early ...
Lugen Zuo, Bowen Song, Xuening Jiang, Jing Li, Xiaofeng Zhang, Lian Wang, Yueyue Wang, Zhijun Geng, Xue Song, Sitang Ge, Jianguo Hu   +10 more
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