ALLMedicine™ Small-bowel Obstruction Center

Aug 20th, 2020 - BACKGROUND The term "gossypiboma" refers to a textile matrix surrounded by a foreign-body reaction. Gauze, surgical dressings, and sponges are the most frequently retained materials after abdominal surgeries. The incidence is variable and underrep...

Jun 27th, 2020 - First colonoscopic management of a small-bowel obstruction secondary to intragastric balloon migration.|2020|Damin DC,Biazi BH,Colles T,Lazzaron AR,Tarta C,|

Jun 22nd, 2020 - Extralevator abdominoperineal excision (ELAPE) may cause various surgical complications including disruption of perineal wound, perineal hernia and adhesive small-bowel obstruction. Pelvic peritoneum reconstruction (PPR) could prevent those compli...

May 5th, 2020 - Small-bowel obstruction is a common cause of abdominal pain and accounts for a significant proportion of hospital admissions. Radiologic imaging plays the key role in the diagnosis and management of small-bowel obstruction as neither patient prese...

Jan 31st, 2020 - Small-bowel obstruction (SBO) and volvulus as a result of ventriculoperitoneal shunting are a rare phenomenon, especially when resulting in bowel necrosis. The authors report the rare event of SBO, bowel strangulation, and necrosis in a pediatric ...

May 5th, 2020 - Small-bowel obstruction is a common cause of abdominal pain and accounts for a significant proportion of hospital admissions. Radiologic imaging plays the key role in the diagnosis and management of small-bowel obstruction as neither patient prese...

Aug 4th, 2015 - The diagnosis and treatment of small-bowel disorders is challenging because of the length of the small intestine, its anatomy, and the lack of appropriate tools. However, the introduction of video capsule endoscopy (VCE) and deep enteroscopy (DE).

Dec 26th, 2012 - Small-bowel obstruction (SBO) represents as many as 16% of surgical admissions and more than 300,000 operations annually in the United States. The optimal strategies for the diagnosis and management of SBO continue to evolve secondary to advances ...

Aug 20th, 2020 - BACKGROUND The term "gossypiboma" refers to a textile matrix surrounded by a foreign-body reaction. Gauze, surgical dressings, and sponges are the most frequently retained materials after abdominal surgeries. The incidence is variable and underrep...

Jun 27th, 2020 - First colonoscopic management of a small-bowel obstruction secondary to intragastric balloon migration.|2020|Damin DC,Biazi BH,Colles T,Lazzaron AR,Tarta C,|

Jun 22nd, 2020 - Extralevator abdominoperineal excision (ELAPE) may cause various surgical complications including disruption of perineal wound, perineal hernia and adhesive small-bowel obstruction. Pelvic peritoneum reconstruction (PPR) could prevent those compli...

May 5th, 2020 - Small-bowel obstruction is a common cause of abdominal pain and accounts for a significant proportion of hospital admissions. Radiologic imaging plays the key role in the diagnosis and management of small-bowel obstruction as neither patient prese...

Jan 31st, 2020 - Small-bowel obstruction (SBO) and volvulus as a result of ventriculoperitoneal shunting are a rare phenomenon, especially when resulting in bowel necrosis. The authors report the rare event of SBO, bowel strangulation, and necrosis in a pediatric ...

Feb 14th, 2018 - JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – Octogenarians with small-bowel obstruction are about seven times more likely to have open than laparoscopic surgery, but the minimally invasive approach in these patients has been found to reduce their hospital stays and risk.

Oct 21st, 2017 - Bariatric surgery is safe and feasible in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with a low risk of postoperative complications vs. controls, according to results of a recent cohort study.

May 7th, 2017 - PHILADELPHIA – In surgery for small-bowel obstruction, laparoscopy is more likely to result in bowel injury than is open surgery but with ultimately better outcomes overall. This means that surgeons should proceed with “considerable caution” when.

Apr 29th, 2016 - CHICAGO – Patients with adhesive small-bowel obstruction should be managed by a primary surgical team rather than a medical team, findings from a population-based study suggested. Admission of patients with adhesive small-bowel obstruction (SBO) t.

Feb 15th, 2015 - LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – A novel three-item scoring system reliably categorizes severity of small bowel obstruction and is more strongly associated with in-hospital mortality than the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma anatomic score a.