bowel obstruction or bowel perforation. After one episode or attack of diverticulitis, approximately one-third of patients will go on to have a second attack. As with a lot of medical conditions ...

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Hierarchical analysis showed significant differences still remained in surgical duration, blood loss, and surgical site distribution for proctectomy and sigmoid colon resection (p < 0.001). RACS did ...

of terminal ileum. The ileocecal valve and colon are intact. This patient is of additional interest in that gastric hypersecretion followed the resection and was corrected by pyloroplasty and ...

Most of the sigmoid colon is in the left lower quarter of the body. When a diverticulum becomes inflamed (diverticulitis), the symptoms suggest “left-sided appendicitis.” Symptoms usually ...

Results: Over a 3.5-year period, 10,124 endoscopic procedures of the colon (8,987 colonoscopies and 1,137 flexible sigmoidoscopies) were performed. There were 15 colonic perforations (0.15%).

But when the problem is caused by diverticulitis ... surgery is to remove sections of the colon affected by the condition. One option is a primary bowel resection, which removes the diseased ...

In 2003, Moen et al. reported the first case of vaginal evisceration requiring bowel resection managed via an entirely vaginal approach in an 81-year-old woman (20). In that case, being able to incise ...