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Patients who have undergone small bowel resection also develop hyperoxaluria because large quantities of oxalate are absorbed, once oxalate is free in the intestinal lumen; this explains why ...
Total Proctocolectomy with Brooke Ileostomy During this procedure, the entire colon and rectum are removed. Your doctor will perform an ileostomy, which brings your small intestine out through the ...
A recent meta-analysis reported that TNT remarkably increased the odds of pCR compared with standard CRT (29.9% vs. 14.9%) and DFS (77.6% vs. 67.6%), but there was no statistically significant ...
Ulcerative colitis (UC) affects about 900,000 people in the United States. In any single year, about 20 percent of these people have moderate disease activity and 1 to 2 percent have severe ...
The ileostomy products market size is predicted to witness solid growth, growing to $1.96 billion in 2029 at a CAGR of 6.9%. The advancement in this forecast period can be associated with the ...
Exactly how long you go between changes will depend on the type of ostomy you have, McHugh says. With an ileostomy, which creates an opening in the small intestine, the pouch will need to be ...
DISCUSSION Wilkie's syndrome occurs when the third portion of the duodenum is compressed between the SMA and the aorta. While, normally, the angle between the SMA and the aorta is 25° to 60°, it is ...
Although conventional IBD surgery can be performed using a minimally invasive approach, controversy surrounds the role of laparoscopy in the surgical management of IBD. The authors of this Review ...