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A new study published in JAMA Network Open examines the relationship between the anatomical location of postcolonoscopy ...

Jenna Scott said doctors chalked up her abdominal cramping to pregnancy symptoms or IBS. It took a year to get diagnosed with ...

A new study using one of the world's largest cancer registries shows that patient outcomes can be significantly impacted ...

Researchers found after bariatric procedures, patients lost an average of 58 pounds after two years, compared to 12 pounds for patients who received a GLP-1 prescription.

Once the surgery is done, the surgeon joins the remaining part of the pancreas to the small bowel. Connecting two different parts of the body during surgery is called an anastomosis. A possible ...

Acute colonic ileus is diagnosed in patients who present with marked abdominal distention associated with minimal abdominal pain and decreased bowel sounds. An abdominal radiograph shows signs of ...

Objective Laparoscopy is increasingly being used as an alternative to open surgery in the treatment of patients with colon cancer. The study objective is to estimate the difference in hospital costs ...

Surgical parameters, including lymph nodes dissection (LND), the duration of surgery, intraoperative blood loss, surgical site distribution (rectum and sigmoid colon), etc., were also assessed. A ...

A colonic is a procedure that flushes the colon, the largest part of the large intestine, with water. Also known as colon cleansing, colonics are purported to remove toxins from the body and improve ...

Objective Traditional surgical procedures for intractable idiopathic constipation are associated with a variable outcome and substantial morbidity. The symptomatic response, physiological effect and ...