The pelvic floor supports our organs in the abdomen and holds them firmly in place. In women, however, the pelvic floor can ...

She had a small bowel resection (removal of part of the intestine) and her diaphragm and pelvis scraped. She then had Mitomycin C, a type of chemotherapy, blasted directly into her at 110 Fahrenheit ...

Although rectal cancer is a life-threatening disease, it is highly curable in its early stages. Depending on the location and state of the cancer, surgery may be required. To avoid life-altering ...

An 81-year-old woman with a 2-day history of vomiting and abdominal distension attended our hospital. The patient reported no fever, recent travel abroad, or change of bowel habit. She had a 3-year ...

Thomas Packard was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer after rectal bleeding, using the bathroom a dozen times a day. He had ...

small intestine and colon. •Surgical R0 resection is the primary approach for localized GIST, but tumors larger than 10 cm are usually treated by open surgery •This case demonstrates the safety and ...

Trombone player, composer, and bandleader, Willie Colon was one of the pioneers of Latin American music. Despite initial criticism, Colon's album El Malo has become known as one of the first albums to ...

The first batch of terms searched included “complications”, “risk factors”, “colorectal surgery”, and “colorectal resection”. The ChatGPT4 application was also employed to unearth potentially relevant ...

No Panacea. After such surgery, now standardized with a 30-inch loop of jejunum, most patients suffer from some diarrhea, and at best must expect to have three or four bowel movements daily.

New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many ...

The reason behind such a risk difference among ethnicities is unknown, according to Nancy You, MD, a professor of colon and rectal surgery and medical director of MD Anderson’s Young-Onset ...