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 ...

As our scientific understanding and interest in how the gut microbiota influences complex disease processes ... of the transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending and sigmoid colon, and rectum.

descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectosigmoid colon, and rectum. The researchers identified 39 significantly altered metabolites in tumors and 70 in normal mucosa, between the regions, uncovering ...