Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...

Researchers developed a compound that protects the liver after small bowel resection in mice. The drug improved nutrient ...

A risky but often lifesaving surgery that removes damaged parts of the small intestine can leave patients facing a new threat: serious liver damage with no available treatment. Now, scientists have ...

The present study reports the successful management, nutritional requirements and absorptive capacity in a seventeen-year-old boy who has to date survived for more than two years since massive ...

When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure - referred to as a radical small bowel ...

Since glutamine (Gln) is considered a major fuel for small bowel (SB), extensive SB resection could alter whole body Gln metabolism in vivo. Very few data are available on Gln metabolism in infants.

Oct. 21, 2005 (San Francisco) — Patients hospitalized for small bowel obstruction were likely to require rehospitalization within three years and had an unexpectedly high mortality rate, according to ...

Patients with Crohn's disease who underwent earlier, rather than later, abdominal surgery had fewer cumulative reoperations in the years ahead, though they also had a higher hospitalization risk, a ...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a name used to describe a group of disorders created by chronic inflammation of different parts of the intestine. The most common forms of IBD include Ulcerative ...