 Colon, Ascending
"Colon, Ascending" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the TRANSVERSE COLON. It passes cephalad from the cecum to the caudal surface of the right lobe of the LIVER where it bends sharply to the left, forming the right colic flexure.
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D044682
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.526.356.333 A03.556.249.249.356.333
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| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colon, Ascending" by people in Profiles.
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Keswani RN, Kahi CJ, Benson M, Gawron AJ, Kaltenbach TR, Yadlapati RH, Gregory DL, Duloy A. Cecal retroflexion is infrequently performed in routine practice and the retroflexed view is of poor quality. BMC Gastroenterol. 2021 Jul 31; 21(1):307.
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Stracci F, Bianconi F, Leite S, Liso A, La Rosa F, Lancellotta V, van de Velde CJ, Aristei C. Linking surgical specimen length and examined lymph nodes in colorectal cancer patients. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2016 Feb; 42(2):260-5.
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Kushnir VM, Oh YS, Hollander T, Chen CH, Sayuk GS, Davidson N, Mullady D, Murad FM, Sharabash NM, Ruettgers E, Dassopoulos T, Easler JJ, Gyawali CP, Edmundowicz SA, Early DS. Impact of retroflexion vs. second forward view examination of the right colon on adenoma detection: a comparison study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Mar; 110(3):415-22.
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