BACKGROUND: Diagnosing intestinal strangulation complicating a small bowel obstruction (SBO) remains a considerable challenge. Despite decades of experience and numerous studies, no clinical ...

Our patient presented with a clinical picture of intestinal obstruction. CT scan showed features of strangulated small-bowel obstruction secondary to a sigmoid-related hernia. This was confirmed ...

In this type of hernia, the stomach intermittently slides up into the chest through a small opening in the diaphragm ... (a condition where the stomach twists more than 180 degrees) and strangulation ...

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A young woman with three kids died within 18 days of being diagnosed with bile duct cancer, which the doctors initially ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Disimpaction is a procedure to treat fecal impaction caused by a large, hardened lump ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate ...

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The Rome diagnostic criteria for the functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain are used widely in research and practice. A committee consensus approach, including criticism from ...

Diarrhea after surgery is common. You may also experience other stool changes after your procedure. Most of these changes are not serious. If you have had surgery, you may have made major changes to ...