"The findings highlight a significant risk of ileus and bowel obstruction during pregnancy in women who have undergone IBD ...

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month is upon us and stars are sharing their “poo tales”. It is the fourth most common cancer in the ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Surgical Intervention for Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies in Adult Patients: A Case Series. Surgical Science, 16, 182-193.

A Tauranga woman is staying optimistic in the face of a terminal cancer journey. In September 2003, Sarena Crane was feeling run down and experiencing symptoms such as bloating, and said she was told ...

It’s an unfortunate reality for pet owners that sometimes, their reptiles eat something they shouldn’t, whether it’s a large ...

The '90210' alum recalled how his "intense stomach pains" ended up being a "small intestinal blockage" — requiring an ...

Shawn Michael, 48, from Springfield Missouri, in the United States, has been given the devastating news that he had stage ...

Doctors typically treat Hirschsprung disease with surgery to remove part of the intestine. Learn about surgical procedures, recovery, and more.

Bright red blood in your stool can be caused by a wide range of conditions. Often, bleeding during a bowel movement is a clue to benign conditions like hemorrhoids, constipation, or polyps. However, ...

These surgeries pose a high risk of complications, including a 50% recurrence rate with hiatal hernia surgeries and the possibility of death in the months following intestinal obstruction surgery.

Congenital bands are rare abnormal structures that can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract, and intestinal obstruction caused by these bands is uncommon in children. To our knowledge, there ...