The cecum was recognized by a combination of the endoscopic landmarks of the ileocecal valve, the 'crow's foot' pattern of the muscular folds, and the appendix orifice. If any doubt existed ...

1Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. *Corresponding Author: John Paul Shen, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, The ...

Surgeons should be familiar with surgery of the cecum and appendix because the diseases of this region, especially appendicitis, are the most common indications for surgical exploration.

Patients with appendiceal adenocarcinoma have a 7.5% risk of second primary cancer within 10 years. There is a 12% excess incidence of secondary primary cancers, particularly colorectal, in these ...

Cabozantinib (Cabometyx) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) vs placebo in patients with extrapancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of gastrointestinal (GI) origin after prior ...

In this week’s Medical Monday, we learn more about this condition and what patients should know. “The appendix is a little organ that lives on the far end of the right side of the colon, or the cecum.

An enema is given directly through the rectum to help free the feces. In a cecostomy, the healthcare provider puts a tube (catheter) into the first part of the large intestines (cecum). It is in the ...

The World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (Geneva, WRC-07) adopted revised provisions and updated technical parameters for Appendix 30B of the Radio Regulations. The details of the information ...

Abdominal ultrasonography showed that the appendix was notably enlarged and dilated at 6.34 cm long and 2.76 cm wide ... accompanied by mild stenosis in the cecum and ascending colon (Figure 2).