Boston-based Brigham & Women’s Hospital researchers found small bowel resection accounted for the highest complication rate among emergency general surgeries, according to Medscape Multispecialty. In ...

When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure—referred to as a radical small bowel ...

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.

Initial results of the CLASICC trial have recently been presented in the Lancet by Guillou and co-workers. This study aimed to compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic resection with those of ...

Researchers at Washington University have developed a gut-specific drug that protects the liver and improves nutrient ...

Low muscle quality and quantity are both predictive of poor outcomes in colon resection surgery, according to a new study published in JAMA Surgery. Carla Prado, a researcher in the University of ...

THE purpose of this paper is to advocate a more aggressive attitude toward the surgical treatment of diverticulitis of the colon, which in the past has usually been withheld until after complications ...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a name used to describe a group of disorders created by chronic inflammation of different parts of the intestine. The most common forms of IBD include Ulcerative ...

ALTHOUGH Crohn and Ginsburg described and established regional ileitis as an entity in 1932 1 little if anything is known about the etiologic factors that produce the syndrome. Much has been learned ...