Woman who had agonizing stomach pain and a bloated belly had a twisted colon, or sigmoid volvulus. Doctors had to untwist it and remove part of her colon.

The gold-standard screening test for colon cancer is colonoscopy ... "Until now, we have only had stool-based tests and ...

Colonoscopy had a slightly higher incidence ... were the only two independent risk factors for CP. 77 M* D (FS) Staff Sigmoid colon SHAFT 76 F D Staff Sigmoid colon SHAFT 88 M* D Staff Sigmoid ...

Usually, ulcerative colitis is diagnosed with a colonoscopy or a sigmoidoscopy. In these procedures, the healthcare provider can see inside the colon and take samples of tissue for testing.

Can we talk about this randomized trial of screening colonoscopy for colon cancer and why it has ... is flexible sigmoidoscopy. And until this study, the tests that were supported by randomized ...

Her colon had to be “unkinked” during an emergency colonoscopy, Grenham says, then shortened to prevent it from happening again. The sigmoid colon — the part of the large intestine nearest ...

Results: Over a 3.5-year period, 10,124 endoscopic procedures of the colon (8,987 ... perforations (0.15%). Colonoscopy had a slightly higher risk of CP than flexible sigmoidoscopy (OR 1.77 ...