Tumours located proximal to the splenic flexure were categorised as ‘right-colon’, others as ‘left-colon/rectum’ or ‘unspecified.’ Each case patient was individually matched to controls using an ...

Next a paediatric colonoscope was advanced to the ascending colon. Hard impacted stools were encountered throughout starting from the splenic flexure. We infused a hyperosmolar solution of ...

Most polyps (740; 69.7%) were distal to the splenic flexure; 150 (14.4%) rectal, 447 (42.1%) sigmoid, 107 (10.1%) descending colon and 36 (3.4%) at the splenic flexure. The remaining 322 (30.3%) were ...

Sudeck's point, located at the splenic flexure, represents the anastomosis between the marginal vascular arches of the transverse and descending colon. Studies indicate that approximately 50% of cases ...

Ischemic colitis can range from mild inflammation to life-threatening damage. Early diagnosis and tailored care make all the ...

The colon cancer mortality rate in people under 55 has been rising about 1% annually since the mid-2000s, with diagnoses in people under 50 expected to double by 2030. While experts are still ...

Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable. Today, she is healthy and cancer-free — and she says a last-resort clinical trial saved her life. Dimery, who lives in ...

Colon cancer cases have been increasing among younger adults, and now researchers think they've identified a potential culprit. A bacterial toxin called colibactin, produced by certain strains of ...