Volvulus is a condition that occurs when your bowel (which makes up your small intestine, colon, and rectum) twists around ...

If sufficiently large, a gallstone may lodge at the narrowest part of the gastrointestinal tract, usually the terminal ileum, and present with small bowel obstruction. Here the authors present the ...

Hernia occurs when an internal organ or tissue pushes through a weak spot in the abdominal wall or groyne Read on to know if ...

10 We have shown this approach to be a successful option for the treatment of large bowel obstruction secondary to gallstones, and one that when combined with prompt diagnosis can be associated with a ...

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Background—Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, a syndrome of ineffectual motility due to a primary disorder ... fulfilled the diganostic criteria. Median age at onset of symptoms was 17 ...

Fever is a possible symptom of Crohn’s disease, as well as its complications. It’s also a possible side effect of certain ...

Read at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Boston, May 31, 1938. From the Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis. This investigation was ...

Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess the use colonoscopy over time in the assessment of large bowel obstruction in a tertiary university hospital. Methods: Retrospective analysis of ...

The urine is transported by a process called peristalsis. The ureter actively propels urine from the kidney down into the bladder. Ureteropelvic junction obstruction is a condition where blockage ...