Splenic flexure is a bend in your colon. Learn about where it is, why it's important for your health, and what conditions can affect it.

Splenic flexure syndrome is a non-life-threatening digestive system disorder associated with upper left abdominal pain and a sensation of fullness and swelling in the belly. Considered by some to ...

Splenic flexure syndrome is a condition in which gas builds up in a part of the colon called the splenic flexure. This can cause abdominal pain, bloating, and discomfort.

The proximal colon was defined as the splenic flexure and other, more proximal portions of the colon. The risk of proximal neoplasia associated with distal colonic lesions was determined.

Splenic flexure syndrome is a condition that causes gas to become trapped inside flexures — or curves — within your colon. Your splenic flexure is in the sharp bend between your transverse ...

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Colonic inflammation and resultant intestinal barrier disruption induced hepatic ERK pathway activation, thereby promoting adaptive β-cell proliferation through the inter-organ neuronal relay ...

The cecum was deflated and untwisted 3 1/2 times, and the volvulus was found to involve the terminal ileum, cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure and right half of the transverse colon.

What is the descending colon? Read on to learn about this section of the bowel, including its anatomy and function and what conditions can affect it.

The first-attack patients were significantly more frequently found in patients with maximum severity in the descending colon or the oral side of splenic flexure than those with maximum severity in ...

This article was originally published with the title “The Origin of the Sigmoid Flexure and the Appendicula Vermiformis of the Human Colon” inSA Supplements Vol. 35 No. 908supp(May 1893), p ...