ALTHOUGH the consequences of extensive resection of the small intestine differ in pattern and intensity a syndrome of conditioned malnutrition invariably follows. 1–5 The chief manifestation is ...

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Oct. 21, 2005 (San Francisco) — Patients hospitalized for small bowel obstruction were likely to require rehospitalization within three years and had an unexpectedly high mortality rate, according to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics resulted in fewer overall postoperative complications vs.

Patients with jejunostomy after extensive small-bowel resection have major problems with water, sodium and magnesium depletion. They rapidly become dehydrated if appropriate treatment is not given.

Inflammation from Crohn’s disease can cause thickening or scar tissue inside your small intestine, which sometimes leads to narrow areas called strictures. A strictureplasty for Crohn’s disease is a ...

A phase II trial of atezolizumab and bevacizumab in patients with advanced, progressive neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

GlaxoSmithKline and Adolor report favourable FDA Advisory Committee meeting for Entereg® (alvimopan) for the management of postoperative ileus in bowel resection GlaxoSmithKline and Adolor ...