In humans, the appendix is a narrow, tube-shaped structure that protrudes from the cecum, a pouch-like portion at the beginning of the large intestine ... As useless as this structure may seem, to the ...

Surgery professor Bill Parker, co-author for this study ... this time in an article for Duke Magazine. The cecum, a pouch-like structure located nearby, may therefore work as a reservoir for ...

The scale rates three sections of the colon, right (cecum and ascending colon), mid-colon (transverse and descending) and rectosigmoid, on a five-point scale (0–4). Total score (0–14 ...

PHNETs can achieve a high survival rate after complete surgical resection, however, most patients still have an 18% risk of recurrence within 5 years after surgery. In our case, the recurrence ...

The results were subsequently collated. Data extracted included: patient numbers, age, gender, type of study, indication for surgery, preoperative symptoms, postoperative symptoms, predictive factors.