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) and is ...

Americans are most likely to develop diverticula in the sigmoid colon, or the lower section of the large intestine that is closest to the rectum. As a result, the sigmoid colon also happens to be the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: Diverticular-associated colitis is an interesting clinical scenario that is occasionally encountered by the ...

The colon is part of the large intestine, the final part of the digestive system. Its function is to reabsorb fluids and process waste products from the body and prepare for its elimination. The colon ...

"Microscopic colitis can be detected with 100% sensitivity by analyzing biopsy specimens from the ascending and descending colon. We propose a Western protocol (taking two biopsy specimens each from ...

Incidence rates for anal cancer in the United States: 1980-2009. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does not include a full text component ...