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    cecal volvulus sigmoid colon volvulus (sigmoid volvulus) Volvulus of the transverse colon volvulus of the splenic flexure, the rarest gastric volvulus ileosigmoid...
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    Sigmoid colon volvulus, also known as sigmoid volvulus, is volvulus affecting the sigmoid colon. It is a common cause of bowel obstruction and constipation...
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    The sigmoid colon (or pelvic colon) is the part of the large intestine that is closest to the rectum and anus. It forms a loop that averages about 35–40...
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    endometrial cancer Left lower quadrant Bowel: diverticulitis, sigmoid colon volvulus, bowel obstruction, gas accumulation, Toxic megacolon Right low...
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    removed by defecation. The colon (progressing from the ascending colon to the transverse, the descending and finally the sigmoid colon) is the longest portion...
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    pain is usually on the left lower side (sigmoid colon), while in Asia it is usually on the right (ascending colon). The disease becomes more frequent with...
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    Diverticula typically occur in the sigmoid colon, which is commonplace for increased pressure. The left side of the colon is more commonly affected in the...
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    Colectomy (redirect from Colon resection)
    diverticular disease, especially when complicated by perforation or fistulae, sigmoid volvulus, trauma, and ischemic or infectious colitis. When a sigmoidectomy is...
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    Mesentery (redirect from Sigmoid mesocolon)
    the colon to which they attach. These are the transverse mesocolon attaching to the transverse colon, the sigmoid mesocolon attaching to the sigmoid colon...
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    Inflammatory bowel disease Colonic volvulus (sigmoid, caecal, transverse colon) Adhesions Constipation Fecal impaction Fecaloma Colon atresia Intestinal pseudoobstruction...
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    involving the rectum, with involvement extending proximally (to sigmoid colon, ascending colon, etc.). In contrast, inflammation with Crohn's disease is often...
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    observed on abdominal radiographs that specified the presence of a sigmoid volvulus, a form of bowel obstruction. It can be identified on both abdominal...
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    hindgut, which includes the distal 1/3 of the transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, and the anus above the pectinate line. Blood flow...
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    "Giant fecaloma with idiopathic sigmoid megacolon: report of a case and review of the literature". Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 45 (6): 833–5. doi:10...
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    subdivided into the cecum, and ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colons, rectum, and anal canal. The small intestine is a tubular structure...
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    Bleeds that originate from the lower gastrointestinal tract (such as the sigmoid colon and rectum) are generally associated with the passage of bright red...
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    (diagrammatic). From colon 1 the ascending and transverse colon will be formed and from colon 2 the descending and sigmoid colons and the rectum. Second...
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  • compound volvulus is an uncommon cause of intestinal blockage. The condition arises when ileum loops wrap around the bottom of a redundant sigmoid loop....
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    entire colon) with ileorectal anastomosis (ligation of the remaining ileum and rectum segments), or a total proctocolectomy (removal of colon, sigmoid and...
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  • The sigmoid colon has a variable position and length. It is suspended from the posterior (back) abdominal wall by the sigmoid mesocolon. The sigmoid colon...
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    without a stalk, it is said to be sessile. Polyps are commonly found in the colon, stomach, nose, ear, sinus(es), urinary bladder, and uterus. They may also...
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    approach (or trans-perineal) refers to surgical access to the rectum and sigmoid colon via an incision around the anus and perineum (the area between the genitals...
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    necessary, but may show thickening or inflammation in the distal colon (sigmoid colon) with associated diverticulosis. Treatment may consist of antibiotics...
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    chronic inflammation, and those with the disease are at greater risk of colon cancer and small bowel cancer. Although the precise causes of Crohn's disease...
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    cancer or inflammation (proctosigmoiditis, proctitis, diverticulitis, volvulus, etc.). Currently, its use is limited to emergency surgery when immediate...
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    ahaustral distended colon can be seen on abdominal x-ray during obstruction or volvulus. Sigmoidal volvolus, more often seen in psychiatric and neurologically...
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    adequate collateralization are at risk for ischemia of the descending and sigmoid colon. Bloody diarrhea and leukocytosis in the postoperative period are essentially...
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    though this was disputed by a local doctor, according to whom sigmoid colon volvulus was the actual cause of death. Due to differing from the military's...
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    chronic radiation proctopathy involves the lower intestine, primarily the sigmoid colon and the rectum, and was previously called chronic radiation proctitis...
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  • protrusion of the peritoneum between the rectum and vagina that contains the sigmoid colon." An omentocele is defined as "a protrusion of the omentum between the...
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