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Surgery may also be recommended for polyps too large to remove during colonoscopy. TAMIS (LOCAL EXCISION): With a local excision, the tumor and a small amount of the surrounding tissue are removed from the rectum. The rest of the rectum is left intact. The surgeon accesses the rectum ...
However, there are a number of limitations that preclude the use of these preparations in IBS. These include considerable variability in the diagnostic criteria for IBS in the trials, leading to subject heterogeneity; lack of long-term follow-up; patient-specific herbal preparations, leading to dif...
In severe cases, imaging findings concerning for ileus, toxic megacolon, intestinal perforation or colonoscopy findings of pseudomembranous colitis in the setting of positive C. difficile testing can make the diagnosis. A recurrent CDI episode is defined as being 2–8 weeks from a prior episode, ...