The sigmoid colon is the last section of the bowel — the part that attaches to the rectum. It pushes feces along the bowel tract. It’s about a foot and a half long (around 40 centimeters ...

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...

Diverticula, which can range from pea-size to much larger ... in the lower portion of the large intestine (called the sigmoid colon). Diverticulosis is very common and occurs in 10% of people ...

The sigmoid and descending colon had a nodular appearance due to multiple round, easily compressible elevations of varying size. The overlying mucosa was macroscopically intact (see Figure 1 below).

They will insert the sigmoidoscope through the rectum and pass it into your sigmoid colon. The doctor will use a small amount of air to expand the colon to see the colon walls. You may feel mild ...

She had undergone vaginal reconstruction with a sigmoid-colon autotransplant at the age of 25 years because of congenital vaginal agenesis. She had never smoked and was not taking any drugs.