mesosigmoidal

adj

mesosigmoidal

adj

Etymology From mesosigmoid + -al.

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Pertaining to the mesosigmoid.

Check for a proper blood supply by transecting the mesosigmoidal vessel (drummond's arcade).2008, Gérard Champault, Hendrik Schimmelpenning, Laparoscopic Sigmoidectomy for Cancer, →ISBN, page 48:
The large-volume ovarian cysts (Figs. 11.16– 11.19) that develop upward in the abdominal cavity may resemble mesocolic, mesenteric or mesosigmoidal cysts.2012, Armando Rossi, Giorgio Rossi, CT of the Peritoneum, →ISBN, page 292:

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This places the reflection under stretch and facilitates its division. (c) The reflection and underlying mesosigmoidal fascia have been retracted to the left and the mesosigmoid to the right.2017, John Calvin Coffey, Rishabh Sehgal, Dara Walsh, Mesenteric Principles of Gastrointestinal Surgery, →ISBN:

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