Surgical management was more likely to be performed in younger patients and patients with small intestinal obstruction. Segmental colectomy was the most frequent type of surgery. Half of the ...

University President Jonathan Levin ’94 underwent treatment this weekend at Stanford Hospital to address an intestinal blockage caused ... night,” required surgery. The procedure was ...

A MUM was forced to undergo 12-hour surgery to reconstruct her bowels and vagina using pig skin after doctors dismissed her ...

Results: We recorded 644 patients diagnosed with non-conservatively managed bowel obstruction. Four hundred forty-one (67.3%) were managed only by surgery, 157 (23.6%) were managed by colonoscopy ...

You might have surgery if advanced bowel cancer blocks your bowel and causes symptoms of bowel obstruction. Sometimes you can have surgery to remove cancer that has spread to your liver or lungs. It’s ...

With a total bowel blockage, your primary provider or a gastroenterologist may suggest a colonoscopy (a tube passing through ...

The most common causes include scar tissue forming after abdominal surgery, hernias, and colon cancer. A bowel obstruction is a medical emergency that requires immediate care. Your intestines are ...

"Afterwards when they took him out of the surgery, he was all wires ... swallowed by Louie caused the bowel loops to clamp together resulting in a blockage Dr Georgina Malakounides said the ...