The young bride had to postpone her wedding after her diagnosis. She's part of a "significant rise" in people in their 20s, ...

Referred by doctors from a suburban area in eastern Uttar Pradesh, the teenager had endured severe abdominal pain after meals, rapid weight loss, and sitophobia, a fear of eating, for over six months.

A sigmoid septum is a curved wall in the heart. Learn about the causes and symptoms, treatment options, and more.

How effective is the double balloon enteroscopy approach at placing stents in malignant small bowel obstructions? Are they a better approach than traditional methods such as endoscopes?

Abdominal radiographs suggested possible intestinal obstruction. Subsequent abdominal computed tomography (CT) demonstrated fecal retention within the colon and rectum, with an intraluminal mass ...

Learn how small bowel obstruction develops, warning signs to watch for, and proven methods to prevent serious complications.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent a new surgery for a bowel obstruction and doctors in Brasilia said the procedure ended late Sunday after more than 12 hours. Doctors at the DF ...

A sigmoidoscopy examines the lower colon, while a colonoscopy views the entire colon. Colonoscopy requires full prep; sigmoidoscopy has less prep.

An intestinal pseudo-obstruction usually results from issues with the nerves or muscles that control the intestines. Learn about diagnosis and treatment.

A perforated bowel occurs when a hole forms in the wall of the small intestine or colon, causing sudden, intense pain. It requires immediate medical attention.

It does relieve the concomitant large-bowel obstruction, but the closed-loop obstruction persists. If detorsion is performed, the cecostomy is unnecessary, since obstruction has been relieved.

Water-absorbing beads have become increasingly hazardous to children over the past 10 years, as children who swallow the beads can experience life-threatening problems such as bowel obstruction.