The autopsy of the tribal woman who was gangraped in Indore revealed horrific internal injuries, including a ruptured pouch ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients treated with teduglutide had significant reductions in parenteral nutrition/IV fluid needs over 10 ...

Background Mast cell activation is thought to be involved in visceral hypersensitivity, one of the main characteristics of the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A study was therefore undertaken to ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Constipation and strain during bowel movements can increase your risk for a hernia, a bulge of tissue that pushes through the muscle. A hernia leading to new or ...

The development of three-dimensional organoid cultures has transformed this entirely. Intestinal organoids are self-organized three-dimensional structures that partially recapitulate the identity, ...

Small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SBO) can occur without morphological damage and remains difficult to diagnose. Often diarrhea is treated empirically with antibiotics with a good response.

Diagnosis High-output stoma with malabsorption as a consequence of repeated small-bowel surgery. Management The patient was treated with oral hypotonic fluid restriction (0.5 l/day), 2 l of oral ...

The small bowel has historically been a difficult area to examine due to its anatomy, location and relative tortuosity. Examination beyond the duodenojejunal flexure is of importance in a number of ...

Background: Ulcerative colitis (UC) brings inconvenience to many patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Although colonic pathology is widely investigated, little attention has been paid to ...