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Parkinson’s Disease with Sigmoid Volvulus [PDF]
International Journal of Case Reports in Medicine, 2013 PARKINSON’s disease is a disorder of somatic motor activity, due to degenerative changes in the basal ganglia. It is a chronic and progressive disorder. Chronic constipation and loss of intestinal tone is the visceral outcome of this disease. These gut manifestations tend to be further aggravated by the drugs used to decrease the somatic muscular ...
Riyazuddin Shamsul +2 more
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Case Report: A case of perirectal abscess complicated with rectal necrosis [PDF]
Frontiers in SurgeryRectal necrosis represents the extreme progression of ischemic proctitis. Given the unique blood supply of the rectum, which features an extensive collateral circulation, cases of rectal necrosis are extremely rare, accounting for 2%–5% of the ischemic ...
Yingfeng Xu +5 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 Microvascular decompression (MVD) is a widely adopted neurosurgery in treating cranial nerve diseases providing long-term pain relief. Improving surgical techniques has been a focus of recent studies.
Chunran Zhu +8 more
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Journal of Coloproctology, 2023 Introduction Colonoscopy enables detailed endoscopic evaluation of the interior of the colon. Changes observed via colonoscopy may be subtle or pronounced and can sometimes mimic those of other diseases, such as deep intestinal endometriosis.
Vinicius Pfuetzenreiter +3 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Background: The efficacy and safety of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in the treatment of sigmoid-type achalasia is unknown. This meta-analysis aims to explore the clinical outcomes of POEM for sigmoid-type achalasia.Method: We searched all relevant ...
Jin Xu +9 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 BackgroundIndirect inguinal hernia and sigmoid colon cancer are both common diseases, but carcinoma within the hernia sac is rare. We present a case of sigmoid colon cancer masquerading as a right incarcerated inguinal hernia.
Jianfeng Zhang +4 more
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Comparative study of collagen deposition in the colon wall of patients operated for sigmoid diverticular disease [PDF]
Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2015 PURPOSE: To investigate the deposition of collagen in the colon wall of patients with sigmoid diverticulitis. METHODS: Samples of sigmoid tissue from 15 patients (disease group), seven men and eight women aged 37-77 years who underwent surgery for the
Mário Pantaroto +3 more
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Severe bilateral papilledema after sigmoid sinus constriction surgery: a case report
BMC Ophthalmology, 2023 Background Papilledema is a common sign of various diseases in the eye. It could result from any conditions of increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Underlying the etiology of papilledema and appropriate treatment in time is essential.
Xi Chen, Yizhou Ren, Fang Chen
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A Man With Urinary Retention by Fecaloma: A Case Report
Acta Medica Iranica, 2022 Fecaloma is a very hard stool often located in the rectum of the sigmoid colon. A 63-year-old man with abdominal distention and urinary retention was admitted to an emergency department. Abdominal CT scans showed a urinary bladder displaced by fecaloma.
Hamed Aminiahidashti +1 more
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Coexistent Crohn’s disease and sigmoid diverticulosis [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1989 Summary This study reports six patients with a diagnosis of diverticular disease with associated localized Crohn’s colitis who were all treated by segmental resection. Two patients died in the post-operative period from disease unrelated to their colonic pathology.
J. McCue +3 more
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