The most common cause of bowel obstruction in pregnancy is adhesions secondary to prior surgery or illness (Figure 4). [38, 39] In one study, 77% of the 66 cases presented with known obstruction ...

Paraduodenal hernias are the most common type of internal hernia, constituting 30–50% of internal hernias. They are also known as Treitz hernias. 2 Despite their relative rarity, their potential to ...

PURPOSE: To describe the difficulties of implementing the protocol of experimental necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in order to obtain a larger number of newborns affected with the disease and a lower ...

Weight-loss surgery seems to lower the risk of colorectal cancer by changing where bile acids enter the small intestine, ...

Minimizing opioid exposure during and after colorectal surgery can decrease long-term opioid use in some patients, according ...

Patients in a structured exercise program experienced a 37% lower risk of death and a 28% reduction in recurrence or ...

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Example of necrosis of right colon and ileum from a neonate with NEC. Photograph courtesy of Francois I. Luks, MD, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Hasbro Children's Hospital and Brown University ...

This trial compared two ways of joining what remains of the pancreas to the bowel during surgery for pancreatic cancer. Cancer Research UK supported this trial. This trial was open for people to join ...

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