Clearly, the best surgery to fully "cure" the array of pathology is the timely use of a surgical cesarean section to relieve the causative obstructed labor before it has the chance to do irreparable and lifelong damage. Surgical prevention should be the aim.Browning, Andrew...
Then, a sufficient amount of fibrotic tissue at the stenosis was resected to maintain the continuity of the bowel. At 4 months follow-up, the patient had complete resolution of symptoms. Transanal plasmakinetic resection is a possible choice for treatment of a completely obstructed colorectal ...
1B). Although the false lumen was completely obstructed and compressed the true lumen, there were no suggestive signs of bowel ischemia, such as bowel thickening, abnormal contrast enhancement, and/or ascites. Therefore, we chose conservative treatment with blood pressure control, fasting, ...
A kidney that remains completely obstructed for a prolonged period of time may stop working. Infection associated with an obstructing stone is another emergent situation. When urine is infected and cannot drain, the situation is like an abscess that can spread the infection throughout the body (...
treatment is completed, the small stone particles then pass down the ureter and are eventually urinated away. In certain cases, a stent may need to be placed up the ureter prior to SWL to assist in locating the stone or prevent the kidney from being obstructed by passage of stone fragments...
The authors present epidemiology etiology pathophysiology management, and treatment of constipation including proper qualification for surgery. Constipations can be divided into more common - primary and less frequent - secondary The latter may occur due to organic lesions of the large bowel, in the co...
Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that involves inflammation in all or part of the digestive tract
For most acute attacks, pain management with analgesics is all that is required. If infection causes the inflammation, treatment may include antibiotics. Surgery may be required to remove gallstones, drain obstructed bile ducts or remove fluid-filled cysts. After treatment, alcohol abstinence is high...
Side-effects can occur during radiation for pelvic malignancies due to the effects of radiotherapy on the organs close to the areas being irradiated, namely colon and rectum (radia- tion proctitis), bladder (radiation cystitis) and small bowel (radiation enteritis). Lymphedema of the breast and ...
pressure on the bladder with frequent or even obstructed urination, and pressure on the rectum with painful or difficult defecation. Uterine fibroids and pregnancy While fibroids do not interfere with ovulation, some studies suggest they may impair fertility and lead to poorer pregnancy outcomes. In ...