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Diseases affecting the digestive system, including the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, inflammatory bowel disease and others, are significant causes of death ...

In a bowel obstruction (intestinal obstruction), a blockage prevents the contents of the intestines from passing normally through the digestive tract. The problem causing the blockage can be inside or ...

Both departments of endoscopy and surgery are located in the same hospital, have long-term collaboration and are sharing common hospital facilities. The department of internal medicine with its ...

Bezoars are compact masses of undigested material that accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly in the stomach, and can occasionally travel into the intestines, leading to obstruction.

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Lisa Marie Presley died of a small bowel obstruction that formed after she underwent bariatric weight loss surgery, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner reported. The cause of death comes six ...

MALROTATION of the bowel in the absence of mechanical obstruction is compatible with a normal life span. Volvulus of the mid-gut associated with malrotation of the bowel usually requires treatment ...

Non-operative measures include pharmacologic colonic decompression combined with general measures [8–14] and digestive colonoscopy. Diagnostic colonoscopy in the involvement of the large intestine or ...