PATIENTS AND METHODS: This cohort comprised 8 patients with generalized peritonitis secondary to perforated diverticular disease of the left colon that was diagnosed laparoscopically. All the ...

Dec. 23, 2024 — A research team has developed a groundbreaking technology that can treat colon cancer by converting cancer cells into a state resembling normal colon cells without killing them ...

[23] Contraindications to colorectal stent placement are similar to those for gastroduodenal stenting, and include known or suspected colonic ischemia or perforation, multiple sites of obstruction ...

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is stratified into four consensus molecular subtypes (CMS1-4) but their distinct molecular profiles remain to be understood. Here the authors model the CRC subtypes with ...

The symptoms typically get worse the longer you go without a bowel movement. In severe cases, fecal impaction can turn into a medical emergency in situations where colon perforation and subsequent ...