Medscape

Treating Small Bowel Obstruction: Laparoscopy Shows No Long-Term Edge

The 5-year recurrence rates, incidence of incisional hernias, and quality-of-life outcomes did not differ significantly ...
MedPage Today

Should Surgery Be Offered for Malignant Bowel Obstruction?

Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Surgery did not significantly increase the number of days alive ...
Medscape

Open vs Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery and the Risk for Small Bowel Obstruction

Is there a difference in the likelihood of intestinal obstruction after laparoscopic vs open colorectal surgery? To answer this question, the authors performed a meta-analysis of 58,133 patients who ...
Healio

Q&A: Risk for small bowel obstruction is ‘not exclusively specific to bariatric surgery’

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On July 13, the LA County medical examiner’s office reported that Lisa Marie Presley, singer-songwriter and ...
Wicked Local

Prior surgery may later lead to small bowel obstruction

Q: I have had surgery for appendicitis and a hernia. Last week out of nowhere I developed abdominal pain and vomiting, and although the doctors told me my small bowel was blocked and I had to be ...

Surgery plays a central role in treatment for colorectal cancer—and is usually the first step

When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer—which includes both colon and rectal cancers—many people immediately think ...