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 ...
Surgery did not significantly increase the number of days alive and outside of the hospital (so-called good days) for patients with malignant bowel obstruction, but surgery did lead to improvements in ...
Long-Term Update of US GI Intergroup RTOG 98-11 Phase III Trial for Anal Carcinoma: Survival, Relapse, and Colostomy Failure With Concurrent Chemoradiation Involving Fluorouracil/Mitomycin Versus ...
An Indonesian businesswoman has successfully undergone colorectal cancer surgery at the University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh ...
DIOS, a common cause of abdominal pain in CF patients, is due to impaction of muco-feculent material in distal ileum and cecum. Conventional therapy with mucolytics, laxatives and retention enemas is ...
Colon cancer can cause complications such as bowel obstruction or gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Treatments for colon cancer, such as surgery or chemotherapy, can also cause complications. Colon ...
• The speed with which surgical intervention is initiated significantly impacts survival rates; delays longer than 72 hours correlate with a higher risk of mortality. • While bowel obstruction surgery ...
A phase I trial of weekly topotecan and carboplatin in potentially platinum sensitive ovarian and peritoneal carcinoma No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting ...
To gather information about malpractice lawsuits arising from patients with a diagnosis of small bowel obstruction, the authors examined three decades of information available for Westlaw, a ...