The sigmoid colon connects the rest of your colon ... a doctor may recommend surgery. Recent clinical guidelines recommend mesalamine enemas and suppositories over oral mesalamine for people ...

Before this, she had also undergone surgery to remove her appendix when she was 19 ... Speaking to RSVP, the 28-year-old recalled: “The tumour of endometrium was actually in my sigmoid colon, so it ...

Doctor Charles Friel is the chief of colorectal surgery at UVA Health. In 2023, he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer after a routine colonoscopy. He had no symptoms, just a history of ulcerative ...

Colon cancer was once primarily a diagnosis for older adults, but the statistics are changing. In recent years, cases have been rising among people younger than 50, which is why the American Cancer ...

Ambulatory surgery centers, or ASCs for short, are becoming attractive options for common outpatient procedures, and patient reviews and satisfaction scores are one of the main ways people choose ...

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - True North Surgery Clinic in Duncan hosted “Strollin' through the Colon,” on March 11, it was a Cancer Care Connection event to promote awareness and educate people ...

It consists of the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon, the sigmoid colon, and the rectum. Along with fiber, the small intestine propels liquid into the large intestine, where ...