Surgery did not significantly increase the number of days alive and outside of the hospital (so-called good days) for patients with malignant bowel obstruction, but surgery did lead to improvements in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinical features alone were comparable to CT imaging for determining small bowel obstruction surgery needs.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers observed no significant difference in mean number of “good days” in the surgery vs. no-surgery ...

Background and Aims: Technical limitations of conventional endoscopes and delivery systems frequently hamper palliative endoscopic placement of self-expandable metal stents for malignant small bowel ...

Emergency at birth: Ryan Moser was delivered by C-section at 36 weeks and required immediate surgery to treat a life-threatening intestinal blockage and tissue death. Rare condition: He was born with ...