SARATOGA SPRINGS - Left Bank, who represented Todd Pletcher's greatest training feat, is now emblematic of one of Pletcher's biggest heartbreaks in racing. One week after winning the Whitney ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Multiple Grade 1 winner Left Bank died Monday in Lexington after suffering complications from colic surgery, trainer Todd Pletcher confirmed Tuesday. Left Bank first showed signs ...

The splenic flexure is called that because it's near your spleen, but sometimes it's called the left colic flexure because it's on the left side of your body. Your small intestine meets your colon ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Left Bank, the brilliant 5-year-old who emerged as a leading Horse of the Year candidate by beating a stellar field here in the Aug. 3 Whitney Handicap, will likely never r… ...

The surgical anatomy of the superior mesenteric arterial blood supply of the colon has been studied by Sonneland et al. 61 by means of 600 dissections. The classic pattern of colic arteries was ...

Colic is when an infant who isn’t sick or hungry cries for more than 3 hours a day, more than 3 days a week, for more than 3 weeks. The condition is a bit of a mystery, but experts agree on a ...

The patient had no cardiac symptoms, but he did have left ventricular hypertrophy on electrocardiography. During the next 24 hours, signs of peritoneal irritation developed.

The surgical team decides to proceed with laparoscopic-assisted subtotal colectomy with ligation of the left colic, middle colic, right colic, and ileocolic arteries and primary ileocolic anastomosis.

Colic can be a frustrating part of early parenthood, since there’s little that you can to do comfort your baby. The good news is, symptoms often subside by the time an infant is 3 months old; 90 ...