When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue.

Researchers at Washington University have developed a gut-specific drug that protects the liver and improves nutrient ...

When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure—referred to as a radical small bowel ...

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For years, Kirsten Scheller was told the same thing by her doctors: she was too young and too active for colon cancer. In 2010, when she was a 19-year-old college sophomore in Saint Paul, Minnesota, ...

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1. An integrative machine learning predictive model based on individual base models can accurately predict the incidence of anastomotic leakage (AL) after colon resection. AL after colorectal surgery ...

A well-established correlation exists between Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and urolithiasis. However, the influence of surgical history on the severity of urolithiasis in IBD patients remains ...

Introduction Malignant obstruction of the large bowel is a common clinical presentation, particularly in terminal cancer patients. Urgent resection and surgical diversion were the treatments of choice ...

Background Complications of endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of large colorectal polyps remain a concern. Objective We aimed to compare safety and efficacy of cold EMR (without electrocautery) to ...