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

Acute colonic ileus or Ogilvie's syndrome is an ... this condition if findings usual for a mechanical obstruction are absent. Lack of small-bowel dilatation and air throughout the colon and ...

If the case of vomiting is related to a hiatal hernia or intestinal obstruction, surgery will be required to repair the problem. If you have been diagnosed with bile reflux, you would need to make ...

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 ...

An outpouring of grief has followed news of the death of Bailong, a white horse that played a crucial role in the rescue ...

A hospital has apologised after errors contributed to the death of a 15-year-old girl in its care. Isla Mae Hudson, from ...

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 ...

Unplanned hospital readmissions after surgery are substantial drivers of expenditure and bed occupancy within the healthcare system. As a result, any targeted interventions that reduce readmission in ...

Rare cancer patient undergoes successful multi-organ transplant surgery at MGM Healthcare, pioneering complex procedure in Asia.

Advanced adenomas were associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, a cohort study from Minnesota found. (JAMA ...

The efficacy, safety, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, drug–drug interactions, and administration of alvimopan for postoperative ileus are reviewed ... small- or large-bowel resection in patients ...