Women are coping on their own with serious bowel injuries caused during childbirth. "It's isolating, debilitating and you feel dirty." Too many women have to cope with bowel incontinence from ...

The patient also had associated intra-abdominal injuries requiring bowel resection and repair of small bowel mesenteric lacerations. He was treated with a bifurcated abdominal endograft with an ...

Bowel management systems play a crucial role in the care of individuals with spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis, as both conditions can lead to significant bowel dysfunction. For those ...

and cycling (handle bar injuries are well documented as causing solid and hollow organ injuries 8), but fortunately the actual numbers are relatively small (of 734 children admitted to hospital, only ...

small bowel malignancy and drug-induced small bowel injury. Although VCE is considered a safe and easy procedure, there are a few limitations. These include cost, capsule retention and inability ...

After spinal cord injury gastric motility is slowed. This results in prolonged transit time. Stool can remain in the colon 2-3 times longer than normal. Water absorption is increased which leads to ...

authorities on June 28 received the autopsy report stating that the child’s manner of death was a homicide and the cause of ...

The primary characteristic of this type of injury is increased organ spasms. The UMN bladder may result in high pressure retention or frequent small urinations with incomplete emptying. The Ureter ...