sigmoid

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Ozaki died "due to stage 4 sigmoid colon cancer" on Tuesday, his son, Tomoharu, said Wednesday in a statement obtained by AFP.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

In July 2021, surgeons removed half of his colon due to a narrowing of the sigmoid portion of his large intestine.

From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2022

The colon can be divided into four regions, the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon and the sigmoid colon.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In surgeries like the one Francis most likely underwent, doctors excise a part of the colon called the sigmoid colon where diverticulitis is most common.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021

A local incision was chosen, as the wound was presumably in the sigmoid flexure.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry