ALLMedicine™ Intestinal Obstruction Center

Nov 5th, 2020 - Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, OMIM 142623) involves congenital intestinal obstruction caused by dysfunction of neural crest cells and their progeny during enteric nervous system (ENS) development. HSCR is a multifactorial disorder; pathogenetic vari...

Oct 21st, 2020 - OBJECTIVE. Intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in young children. Radiology has a key role in its diagnosis and treatment. This systematic review summarizes the currently available evidence for best practices in radi...

Oct 16th, 2020 - Intussusception is the leading cause of acute intestinal obstruction in infants. Intussusception is mostly idiopathic, but infectious pathogens are sometimes implicated. In addition, live oral rotavirus vaccines have been associated with intussusc...

Oct 15th, 2020 - We report a rare case of primary abdominal cocoon with bilateral cryptorchidism. The patient had a history of laparoscopic surgery for bilateral cryptorchidism 6 years earlier. He was admitted to the hospital again due to intestinal obstruction. S...

Oct 15th, 2020 - Small bowel volvulus is a rare entity and it is even rarer for the ileum to undergo torsion without any known predisposing factors. It presents as acute abdomen with features of intestinal obstruction. As it is a life-threatening condition, it sho...

Sep 5th, 2019 - Intragastric balloons have been used as an invasive non-surgical treatment for obesity for over 30 years. Within the last 37 years, we have found only 27 cases reported in the literature of intestinal obstruction caused by a migrated intragastric ...

May 6th, 2014 - This article reports on the clinical practice guidelines developed by a multidisciplinary group working on the indications and uses of the various available treatment options for relieving intestinal obstruction or its symptoms in patients with pe...

Nov 5th, 2020 - Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, OMIM 142623) involves congenital intestinal obstruction caused by dysfunction of neural crest cells and their progeny during enteric nervous system (ENS) development. HSCR is a multifactorial disorder; pathogenetic vari...

Oct 21st, 2020 - OBJECTIVE. Intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in young children. Radiology has a key role in its diagnosis and treatment. This systematic review summarizes the currently available evidence for best practices in radi...

Oct 16th, 2020 - Intussusception is the leading cause of acute intestinal obstruction in infants. Intussusception is mostly idiopathic, but infectious pathogens are sometimes implicated. In addition, live oral rotavirus vaccines have been associated with intussusc...

Oct 15th, 2020 - We report a rare case of primary abdominal cocoon with bilateral cryptorchidism. The patient had a history of laparoscopic surgery for bilateral cryptorchidism 6 years earlier. He was admitted to the hospital again due to intestinal obstruction. S...

Oct 15th, 2020 - Small bowel volvulus is a rare entity and it is even rarer for the ileum to undergo torsion without any known predisposing factors. It presents as acute abdomen with features of intestinal obstruction. As it is a life-threatening condition, it sho...

Sep 5th, 2019 - Intragastric balloons have been used as an invasive non-surgical treatment for obesity for over 30 years. Within the last 37 years, we have found only 27 cases reported in the literature of intestinal obstruction caused by a migrated intragastric ...

Sep 13th, 2017 - Discussion Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction due to vascular compression of the third portion of the duodenum (D3) between the aorta and the SMA. It was first described in an anatomy text by A...

Jul 16th, 2017 - The mere presence of a diverticulum does not justify its surgical removal. If the diverticula are large and found in an isolated, dilated, and hypertrophied segment, and if they are the cause of intestinal obstruction, hemorrhage, adhesions, perfo...

Jun 28th, 2016 - Meta-analysis of the Risk of Small Bowel Obstruction Following Open or Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Yamada T, Okabayashi K, Hasegawa H, et al Br J Surg. 2016;103:493-503 Summary Is there a difference in the likelihood of intestinal obstruction ...

Aug 10th, 2015 - Childhood cancer survivors are at an increased risk for developing an intestinal obstruction requiring surgery (IOS) 5 or more years after the initial cancer diagnosis, according to a study based on data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. T.