Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is to absorb nutrients from food and transfer ...

Intraoperative Doppler ultrasound examination of ischemic intestine was used to determine viability and to establish margins of resection, even when the findings differed from the surgeon's ...

Current understanding of microvascular changes in chronic limb-threatening ischemia remains limited, partly because the tissue microvasculature is difficult to study in human patients.

Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China Background: Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IIRI) is a severe clinical condition ...

She edits and prepares scientific manuscripts and grant proposals for submission. Intestinal metaplasia (IM) occurs when the body replaces the cells that line the upper digestive tract (including ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the digestive tract. It can include ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease.

Since the intestine is very sensitive to ischemia, hemodynamically stable donors are preferred. Consequently, potential donors who are managed on high doses of vasopressors, those with extended ...

Objective Although perturbations in mitochondrial function and structure have been described in the intestinal epithelium of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis patients, the role of epithelial ...