DANBURY — After struggling for over a decade with endometriosis that spread to her colon, Karen Sullivan found ... Before the ...

Perioperative lidocaine failed to speed up the recovery of gut function following minimally invasive colonic resections, a ...

Background Laparoscopic adhesiolysis is emerging as an alternative for open surgery in adhesive small bowel obstruction. Retrospective studies suggest that laparoscopic approach shortens hospital ...

Background and Aim Chewing gum proposal has been used in surgery to reduce postoperative ... The outcome of interest was time to flatus, time to bowel movement, and length of stay.

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The rate of gross total resection was 79.1% in the 5-ALA fluorescence-guided surgery arm and 47.8% in the white-light surgery arm. Phase 3 trial results suggest that 5-ALA fluorescence-guided ...

However, in 2007 a new promising imaging technique came up (MRI Diffusion Weighted Imaging, DWI) which deviated from the need for a second look surgery, with its high sensitivity and specificity.

A normal bowel movement consists of well-formed, soft, brown stools that usually sink and are easy to pass. Healthy bowel movements occur anywhere from three times a week to three times a day.

Precancerous cells can occur in nearly any part of the body, including the skin, breasts, colon, and cervix ... When cryotherapy is unsuitable (such as for larger dysplastic lesions), surgery may be ...