An intestinal pseudo-obstruction usually results from issues with the nerves or muscles that control the intestines. Learn ...

Introduction: Changes in the gut microbiota of patients with partial small intestinal obstruction (PSIO) have not been widely clarified. We aimed to explore bacterial diversity in a PSIO mouse model.

The complication was only picked up after the band had subsequently migrated from the stomach at the site of erosion, to the distal ileum causing acute small bowel obstruction and focal perforation ...

Colon cancer develops when tumorous growths form in the large intestine. It often produces no symptoms in the early stages, but people should see a doctor if they notice persistent changes in ...

email.msn.com Objective: Little has been written in the medical literature concerning the ethics of treatment of the elderly demented patient with bowel obstruction. It is one example of the issues ...

An unusual case of small bowel obstruction (SBO) due to haemostatic gelatin sponge placed during caesarean delivery is presented. A primigravida in their 30s underwent caesarean delivery at 39 weeks, ...

Shannin Desroches fought for a diagnosis after being dismissed. Now she tells PEOPLE that she's been given a 5% chance of ...

Colon cancer is commonly dubbed a "hidden cancer" due to a lack of symptoms in the initial stages, but with hindsight, many ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

namely impaction at the site of small bowel strictures in patients with Crohn's disease with consequent intestinal obstruction.16 Peri-mucosal pH can be measured by endoscopic placement of pH ...