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descending colon

[di′send·iŋ ′kōl·ən]
(anatomy)
The portion of the colon on the left side, extending from the bend below the spleen to the sigmoid flexure.
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(4) found that the descending colon formed a loop behind the ascending colon.
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).
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