ALLMedicine™ Ileus Center

Jan 12th, 2021 - Proinflammatory cytokines play an important role in abdominal surgery and are often associated with the development of postoperative ileus, especially in Crohn disease. The aim of this study was to investigate proinflammatory cytokine levels in me...

Jan 11th, 2021 - Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), focal intestinal perforation (FIP), and meconium-related ileus (MRI) are major diseases that cause gastrointestinal disorders in extremely low-birth-weight infants (ELBWIs). We conducted a review to compare the pos...

Jan 9th, 2021 - Two years after a Hartmann's procedure, an 85-year-old woman was admitted at our emergency department with abdominal bloating and severe constipation for 5 days. Abdominal CT showed a large rectal stump mucocele associated with compression of surr...

Jan 8th, 2021 - A 75-year-old woman presented with perineal wound dehiscence and small bowel prolapse of a perineal hernia, 6 years after extra-Levator AbdominoPerineal Excision (eLAPE) procedure for rectal cancer. She underwent emergency wound refashioning and p...

Jan 6th, 2021 - Postoperative ileus is one of the most prevalent and troublesome problems after any elective or emergency laparotomy. Gum chewing has emerged as a new and simple modality for decreasing postoperative ileus. The aim of this study was to determine t...

May 28th, 2019 - Ileus is a common challenge in adult surgical patients with estimated incidence to be 17% to 80%. The main mechanisms of the postoperative ileus pathophysiology are fluid overload, exogenous opioids, neurohormonal dysfunction, gastrointestinal str...

Oct 11th, 2018 - Alvimopan is a μ-opioid receptor antagonist used in the post-operative period to decrease rates of post-operative ileus (POI) following radical cystectomy (RC) and thereby shorten length of stay (LOS). Naloxegol is a much less expensive drug of th...

Dec 31st, 2013 - Enhanced recovery after surgery provides patients with optimal means to counteract or minimize the deleterious effects of surgery. This concept can be adapted to suit a specific surgical procedure (i.e., colorectal surgery) and comes in the form o...

Nov 25th, 2009 - Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a potentially fatal illness with an increasing incidence worldwide. Despite extensive ongoing research into CDI treatment, management of CDI still poses important problems, such as a high propensity to rela...

Jan 12th, 2021 - Proinflammatory cytokines play an important role in abdominal surgery and are often associated with the development of postoperative ileus, especially in Crohn disease. The aim of this study was to investigate proinflammatory cytokine levels in me...

Jan 11th, 2021 - Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), focal intestinal perforation (FIP), and meconium-related ileus (MRI) are major diseases that cause gastrointestinal disorders in extremely low-birth-weight infants (ELBWIs). We conducted a review to compare the pos...

Jan 9th, 2021 - Two years after a Hartmann's procedure, an 85-year-old woman was admitted at our emergency department with abdominal bloating and severe constipation for 5 days. Abdominal CT showed a large rectal stump mucocele associated with compression of surr...

Jan 8th, 2021 - A 75-year-old woman presented with perineal wound dehiscence and small bowel prolapse of a perineal hernia, 6 years after extra-Levator AbdominoPerineal Excision (eLAPE) procedure for rectal cancer. She underwent emergency wound refashioning and p...

Jan 6th, 2021 - Postoperative ileus is one of the most prevalent and troublesome problems after any elective or emergency laparotomy. Gum chewing has emerged as a new and simple modality for decreasing postoperative ileus. The aim of this study was to determine t...

Jan 12th, 2020 - Ileus is the most common early complication of RC. The most common late complications of RC are small-bowel obstruction and ureteroenteric anastomotic stricture. Other common complications following RC include the following: Wound infection Sepsis...

Mar 24th, 2019 - The guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) in surgical patients were released on February 28, 2019, by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES).[1] Diagnosis Diagnosis of CDI should be ...

Mar 24th, 2019 - The guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) in surgical patients were released on February 28, 2019, by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES).[1] Diagnosis Diagnosis of CDI should be ...

Nov 8th, 2018 - Image courtesy of Radiopedia "Borborygmus" or "borborygmi" is the Greek term to identify what we commonly call "bowel sounds." The word probably originated because saying it out loud resembles the sound of the gurgling bowel. Although these sounds...

Oct 11th, 2018 - Alvimopan is a μ-opioid receptor antagonist used in the post-operative period to decrease rates of post-operative ileus (POI) following radical cystectomy (RC) and thereby shorten length of stay (LOS). Naloxegol is a much less expensive drug of th...