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Diagnosis · Digital rectal exam. Your health care provider places a gloved and lubricated finger into your rectum to check the strength of your sphincter muscles ...
Rectal bleeding may be the only sign of the disease. Proctosigmoiditis. Inflammation involves the rectum and sigmoid colon — the lower end of the colon.
The anal canal is a short tube at the end of rectum. Stool passes through the anal canal as it leaves the body. Anal cancer can cause symptoms such as rectal ...
"Usually when we find a colon cancer or rectal cancer, the operation involves removing a portion of the colon or rectum." Dr. Etzioni says it's much more ...
Anal pain is pain in and around the anus or rectum, also called the perianal region. ... American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. https://fascrs.org ...
Proctocolectomy involves removing both the colon and rectum. Colectomy surgery usually requires other procedures to reattach the remaining portions of your ...
The latest surgical treatment choices · Perineal rectosigmoidectomy. The prolapsed rectum is taken out with a cut in the bulging rectum. · Sigmoid resection and ...
10, 2022. Anal fissure. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. https://fascrs.org/patients/diseases-and-conditions/a-z/anal-fissure-expanded-information ...
Learn about the symptoms, causes and prevention of this cancer that starts in the rectum. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
Descriptions. Rectal laxatives are used as enemas or suppositories to produce bowel movements in a short time.
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