This operation removes a diseased section of the rectum and sigmoid colon ... will make a small cut (about half an inch) near your belly button and place the laparoscope through it so they ...

It’s an operation in which a surgeon removes your anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon through small cuts in your belly. You may need this operation if you have cancer very low in the rectum or in ...

The sigmoid colon is the last section of the bowel ... Babies who have this condition will have pain, belly bloating, nausea, and vomiting. They can also have dark or red bowel movements.

When I came round, I was tender around the belly button. I was surprised when Mr Paraskeva told me that he’d not only removed the cancerous growth but also more than a foot of my colon to ensure ...

Her colon had to be “unkinked” during an emergency colonoscopy, Grenham says, then shortened to prevent it from happening again. The sigmoid colon ... symptoms is a belly that looks ...