Background ‘Mules’ or body packers are people who transport illegal drugs by packet ingestion into the gastrointestinal tract. These people are otherwise healthy and their management should maintain ...

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Although colotomy and polypectomy is the usually accepted operation for polyps located above the reach of the sigmoidoscope or low in the sigmoid, but too large to be treated safely by ...

With the advent of natural orifice translumimal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), a new dimension has been added to minimally invasive surgery. The authors of this Review examine the current status of ...

The comparison of outcomes between the surgical technique of partial typhlectomy via colotomy (with or without bypass) and the presented approach of incomplete bypass ileocolostomy without partial ...

Polyps, particularly those in the descending colon, usually have a long pedicle of normal mucosa. Such polyps can easily be removed completely by simple colotomy and without bowel resection.

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ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the effects of curcumin supplementation on abdominal surgical wound healing in rats using clinical, histological, and hematological parameters. Methods: Forty Wistar rats ...

Surgery is the definitive treatment for colorectal cancer and anastomotic leak (AL) remains its most feared complication. Advances in enhanced recovery, surgical technique and intraoperative imaging ...

CASE OF CANCEROUS STRICTURE OF THE RECTUM, PRODUCING OBSTRUCTION, SUCCESSFULLY RELIEVED BY COLOTOMY.