Results 1 to 10 of about 2,240,694 (160)
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
doaj +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
Sigmoid volvulus in a teenager
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020 Sigmoid volvulus in the pediatric population is a rare condition. In the adult population, it is considered in the differential diagnosis of bowel obstruction for patients with a history of debilitation or chronic constipation, in association with ...
Joyce J.L.H. McRae +2 more
doaj +1 more source
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
doaj +2 more sources
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
doaj +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
Factors affecting bowel gangrene development in patients with sigmoid volvulus
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2013 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sigmoid gangrene develops in 6.1% to 93.4% of sigmoid volvulus (SV) cases, and increases the mortality rate from 0% to 40% without bowel gangrene to 3.7% to 80%.
Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Predicting rice diseases across diverse agro-meteorological conditions using an artificial intelligence approach [PDF]
PeerJ Computer Science, 2021 With the aid of a plant disease forecasting model, the emergence of plant diseases in a given region can be predicted ahead of time. This makes it easier to take proactive steps to reduce losses before they occur.
Rutuja Rajendra Patil, Sumit Kumar
doaj +2 more sources