Intestinal volvulus during pregnancy is a rare and potentially severe cause of bowel obstruction, associated with high maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is challenging due to ...

Single-port access laparoscopic surgery has recently emerged as a method to improve morbidity and cosmetic benefit of conventional laparoscopic surgery. Herein, we report the experience of ...

A sigmoidoscopy is a type of endoscopy, a procedure that doctors use to look at different areas inside the body. A sigmoidoscopy involves using a flexible tube with a camera and light attached to ...

A specialist doctor or nurse (endoscopist) uses a flexible sigmoidoscope for this test. This is a thin, flexible tube that has a small light and a camera at one end. You may also hear it called an ...

Abstract: The sigmoid function, as a widely used activation function in neural networks, has gained much attention for its approximation and associated usage in edge devices. A recent study applied ...

Abstract: This article proposes a sigmoid-based particle swarm optimization (PSO) for a complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition (SPSO-CEEMD) applied to the energy management system of a hybrid ...

Background Sigmoid plate dehiscence (SPD) is a common finding in patients with pulsatile tinnitus (PT). The etiopathogenesis of SPD is controversial; however, increasing evidence suggests that SPD may ...

Diverticulitis can cause stools to be watery, hard pellets, pencil-shaped, or covered in mucus. These stools might have blood in them, or have a strong smell due to bleeding and infection. Seek ...