Notably, we found that the microbial compositions of rectal swabs were most similar to those of the sigmoid colon and rectum, whereas the microbiota in stool were relatively different than those from the large intestine and rectal swabs. Our results reveal the existence of microbial heterogeneity ...
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Discussion Chronic diarrhea is a multifactorial disorder that causes significant psychological distress to patients and economic burden to the healthcare system28. Probiotics are increasingly being prescribed for the management of chronic diarrhea. However, previous interven- tion studies of probiotic-based...
Modelling late stool frequency and rectal pain after radical radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients:Results from a large pooled population. Cicchetti A,Rancati T,Ebert M,et al. Physica Medica . 2016CICCHETTI A, RANCATI T, EBERT M, et al. Modelling late stool frequency and rectal pain after ...
Interestingly, patients with any synchronous polyps in the rectosigmoid colon had a higher overall polyp burden compared to those with synchronous polyps elsewhere in the colon (mean 3.2 vs. 4.6, p < 0.0001). In the majority of cases (243 of 355 colonoscopies), removed synchronous polyps ...