Surgical management was more likely to be performed in younger patients and patients with small intestinal obstruction. Segmental colectomy was the most frequent type of surgery. Half of the ...

After being treated this past weekend, University President Jonathan Levin ’94 wrote that he will be back to work soon.

A 62-year-old man with a parastomal hernia at the site of a urinary conduit and symptoms of urinary obstruction lasting ...

Results: We recorded 644 patients diagnosed with non-conservatively managed bowel obstruction. Four hundred forty-one (67.3%) were managed only by surgery, 157 (23.6%) were managed by colonoscopy ...

With a total bowel blockage, your primary provider or a gastroenterologist may suggest a colonoscopy (a tube passing through ...

She suffered a life-threatening bowel blockage, which cut off the blood supply to part of her intestines. A first surgery was performed to extract the water bead, but damage to Kennedy's ...

If they are swallowed when small, they can expand inside a child and cause bowel obstruction - which needs surgery to remove. They are not visible on X-rays. A safety alert has been issued to ...

The most common causes include scar tissue forming after abdominal surgery, hernias, and colon cancer. A bowel obstruction is a medical emergency that requires immediate care. Your intestines are ...

died of a bowel obstruction, the Los Angeles County medical examiner's office has said. The obstruction was a result of adhesions caused by weight-loss surgery she underwent several years ago.