Splenic flexure syndrome is a digestive disorder resulting in the accumulation of gas in a part of the colon called the splenic flexure. That causes abdominal pain, bloating and discomfort in the ...

In all, 545 patients underwent total colonoscopy. The clinical characteristics of these patients are provided in Table 1. Because rectal therapy may affect inflammatory activity in the rectum and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rectal and left-sided colon cancers are not clearly delineated by location but rather are characterized by a ...

A 86-year-old man with no previous surgery presented with very severe pain in the lower abdomen and left shoulder as well as hypotension (105/51 mm Hg). Eight days earlier, an uneventful 19-minute ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a question about the results of a routine colonoscopy I had yesterday. It was found that I have a twisted colon. Since I was under a twilight pain medicine for the procedure, ...

Donna SanGiovanni, CPC, CASCC, CHI, a former member of AAPC’s National Advisory Board and a clinical practice specialist in the Department of Digestive Diseases at Yale University, recently discussed ...

Pancreatic fistulas occur most commonly after pancreatic surgery, especially distal pancreatectomy. A pancreatic fistula complicating resection of a colon cancer suggests either laceration of the ...

PNEUMATOSIS cystoides intestinalis is a rare condition characterized by the presence of gas-filled cysts involving the intestinal wall and its attachments. It is known under a variety of names: gas ...

Daily doses of at least 0.5 g resveratrol were enough to produce an anticancer effect, and suggest that the drug may have potential as a chemopreventive agent. Researchers recruited 20 patients with ...