sigmoid flexure

Known as: Sigmoid Flexure of Colon, Sigmoid Flexure of the Colon 
The curving part of the colon that is in continuity with the rectum.
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Colon structure (body structure)
Left iliac region

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2009
2009
Comparison of rectal volume definition techniques and their influence on rectal toxicity in patients with prostate cancer treated with 3D conformal radiotherapy: a dose-volume analysis
BACKGROUND To evaluate the impact of four different rectum contouring techniques and rectal toxicities in patients with treated… (More)
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2007
2007
Effects of Castration on Penile and Urethral Development in Awassi Lambs
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of castration on penile and urethral development in Awassi lambs. Twenty… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Comparison between CT-based volumetric calculations and ICRU reference-point estimates of radiation doses delivered to bladder and rectum during intracavitary radiotherapy for cervical cancer.
PURPOSE To compare CT-based volumetric calculations and International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU… (More)
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2004
2004
Sympathovagal balance fluctuates during colonoscopy.
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIM Colonoscopy is a common gastroenterological procedure for investigation of the bowel. The main side… (More)
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2001
Review
2001
Reproductive parameters of male dromedary and bactrian camels.
Functional anatomy of male reproductive organs and reproductive physiology of dromedary and bactrian camels are quite similar… (More)
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1987
1987
Ventral rupture of the penile tunica albuginea and urethra distal to the sigmoid flexure in a bull.
A 4-year-old Limousin bull sustained a rupture of the ventral aspect of the tunica albuginea of the penis, 20 cm distal to the… (More)
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1983
1983
Impotence in the bull: (3) Rupture of the corpus cavernosum penis proximal to the sigmoid flexure.
Penile haematomas, lying outside the tunica albuginea, were found in six bulls of various breeds, aged one-and-a-half to nine-and… (More)
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1981
1981
Classic articles in colonic and rectal surgery. A new method of excising the two upper portions of the rectum and the lower segment of the sigmoid flexure of the colon -- by H. Widenham Maunsell.
H. W. Maunsell was born in Dublin in 1847 and obtained his degree from the College of Surgeons in 1867. He went to Melbourne the… (More)
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1975
1975
[Finding of ganglion cells in the mucosa of the colon, sigmoid flexure, and rectum (author's transl)].
The ectopic position of the ganglion cells of Meissner's plexus in the basal and central portions of the mucosa in the colon… (More)
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1961
1961
A new method of colorectal anastomosis in abdominoperineal resection.
Republication of the historical article of Diseases of the Colon & Rectum: Cutait DE, Figliolini FJ. A new method of colorectal… (More)
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