We have extensive experience with the use of intestinal lavage with Colytely ... to assess DIOS with regard to pain (absent - acute obstruction; range 0-30) and radiological signs of impaction ...

The demographics and clinical characteristics of the obstruction cohort are presented in Table 1. The characterisitics of surgical and endoscopic management of intestinal obstruction are ...

Background—Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, a syndrome of ineffectual motility due to a primary disorder of enteric nerve or muscle, is rare. Aims—To determine the clinical spectrum, ...

leading to intestinal obstruction. This condition can result in severe abdominal pain, vomiting, and constipation, and if not treated promptly, it can lead to complications such as bowel ...

Although the most likely diagnosis was a strangulated femoral hernia, the absence of clinical signs for intestinal obstruction and an abdominal X-ray without air-fluid levels created doubts regarding ...

If sufficiently large, a gallstone may lodge at the narrowest part of the gastrointestinal tract, usually the terminal ileum, and present with small bowel obstruction. Here the authors present the ...

Water bead toys have the potential to cause not only intestinal obstruction in children who ingest them, but also ...

Intestinal fibrosis, as a late-stage complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), leads to bowel obstruction and requires surgical intervention, significantly lowering the quality of life of ...