Few patients have survived the resection of an amount of small bowel that left only 18 to 20 cm. below the ligament of Treitz. 1,2,4,6,8 A major factor may have been the pyloroplasty and vagotomy ...

The team identified 32,583 hospitalizations for small bowel obstructions in 1997. The average age of the patients was 63 years, 54% were female, and 69% were white.

Case 4. A 16-year-old schoolboy (B.C.H. [Boston] 1815190) sustained midgut volvulus, with infarction, and underwent a series of operations resulting in subtotal small-bowel resection.

A small bowel resection is a type of surgery that removes a portion of the small intestine and preserves the healthy part of the intestine. While this surgery can be highly beneficial, side ...

Surgery: Bypassing the Small Bowel 3 minute read TIME October 29, 1965 12:00 AM GMT-4 ...

Question What is the optimal management of residual small bowel polyps in a young woman with Peutz-Jeghers intestinal polyposis? She has had repeated small bowel resections for bowel necrosis ...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a name used to describe a group of disorders created by chronic inflammation of different parts of the intestine. The most common forms of IBD include Ulcerative ...

Entereg (alvimopan capsules, from Adolor) 12mg is now available for the acceleration of upper and lower gastrointestinal recovery following partial large or small bowel resection surgery with ...

Seven types of operations, including appendectomy and gall bladder removal, account for four out of five emergency general-surgery deaths in the United States, a new study reports. The procedures a… ...

"Some findings were typical of bowel ischemia, or dying bowel, and in those who had surgery we saw small vessel clots beside areas of dead bowel," Dr. Bhayana said.