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 "surgery." And it's true that surgery plays a central role in treatment for ...