Sigmoid Colon Attached 3 cm Above the
Descending Colon in Female Cadaver Dc-descending colon, ut-uterus Ft-fallopian tube
I am glad that I am leaving both my cancerous,
descending colon and left kidney with your pathologist.
Summary of patient and tumor characteristics Characteristics N=53 (%) Age (median) 72 (46-93) Sex Male 35 (66%) Female 18 (34%) Tumor Location Cecum 1 1(21%) Ascending colon 10 (19%) Hepatic flexure 3 (6%) Transverse colon 9 (17%) Splenic flexure 3 (6%)
Descending colon 3 (6%) Sigmoid 14 (26%) Tumor Stage T1 0 T2 6 (11%) T3 28 (53%) T4 19 (36%) N0 21 (40%) N1 16 (30%) N2 16 (30%) M1 4 (8%) Dukes A 0 (0%) Dukes B 21 (40%) Dukes C 28 (53%) Dukes D 4 (7%) Median Lymph Node Yield 17 (Range: 5-40) Table 2.
(4) found that the
descending colon formed a loop behind the ascending colon.
58 M Rectum to
descending colon 2015 Laskaratos 62 F Ileum 2014 Korenblit et al.
The percentage of laparoscopically created anastomoses was lower in the
descending colon (77 of 121 patients, 63.6%) and the rectum (137 of 244 patients, 56.1%).
In a case series of 58 patients with EA, 48% of cases occurred in the sigmoid colon, 28% in the
descending colon, 7% in the transverse colon, and 17% in the ascending colon (6).
Tumors of
descending colon were less in number i.e.
Intraoperative picture showing large fluid filled cyst (containing six litres of dark fluid), arising from mesentery of
descending colonInflammation extended to the
descending colon, body and tail of the pancreas, as well as small bowel mesentery resulting in partial small bowel obstruction.
The transverse and
descending colon were both spared and an ileostomy was fashioned.