Surgical Case Reports, 2020 Background Colostomy via the intraperitoneal route is often performed during laparoscopic Hartmann’s operation or abdominoperineal resection. Internal hernia of the small intestine often occurs after colostomy.
Hiroki Hashida +5 more
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A Case of Recurrent Dissociative Episodes in a Patient with Congenital Defects [PDF]
, 2011 Case Report Marie, a 30 year old American-born Hispanic female, was first seen in the emergency room with suicidal ideation (the impulse to jump in front of an oncoming car), depression, anxiety, and distress about always getting attacked so ...
Miller, MD, Mark
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Advanced gynecologic malignancies treated with a combination of the VEGF inhibitor bevacizumab and the mTOR inhibitor temsirolimus. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundBevacizumab and temsirolimus are active agents in gynecologic tumors. Temsirolimus attenuates upregulation of HIF-1α levels, a resistance mechanism for antiangiogenics, and targets the PI3-kinase/AKT/mTOR axis, commonly aberrant in these tumors.
Falchook, Gerald S +9 more
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Nutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Background Multidisciplinary care under intestinal rehabilitation programs (IRPs) improves survival in pediatric intestinal failure (IF). Professional societies recommend the management of pediatric patients with IF by an IRP. Whether these recommendations are followed in cases of neonatal IF is currently unclear.
Katie A. Huff +11 more
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Analysis of risk factors and predictors of parastomal hernia formation in patients after colostomy
Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Медицинские науки, 2022 Background. Currently, the number of emergency operations ending with the removal of a colostomy, performed in a planned and emergency manner, continues to grow in the world.
K.I. Sergatskiy +5 more
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Hirschsprung disease and imperforate anus without fistula in a 5-year-old boy with Trisomy 21
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021 Background: Hirschsprung disease (HD) and anorectal malformations (ARM) occur in approximately 1 in 5000 live births. These conditions are associated with Trisomy 21 but their co-existence in a single patient is exceedingly rare.
Paul R. Burchard +4 more
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The effect of preoperative stoma site marking on quality of life in patients undergoing ostomy surgery [PDF]
, 2008 The purpose of this study was to determine if preoperative stoma site marking by a Wound, Ostomy, Continence (WOC) nurse affects patient quality of life. This study used a descriptive design with a convenience sample of 25 ostomy patients.
Cantara, Susan L
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The relationship between systemic inflammation and stoma formation following anterior resection for rectal cancer: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: There is evidence that temporary defunctioning stoma formation in patients undergoing anterior resection reduces the risk of anastomotic leakage.
Horgan, Paul G. +3 more
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Review of nutrition management of pediatric intestinal pseudo‐obstruction
Nutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Chronic intestinal pseudo‐obstruction (CIPO) is a rare, heterogeneous, and debilitating disorder characterized by profound intestinal dysmotility and severe nutrition challenges. Its presentation resembles that of mechanical bowel obstruction, but CIPO occurs in the absence of luminal obstruction.
Senthilkumar Sankararaman +5 more
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of living with colorectal cancer as a chronic illness [PDF]
, 2018 Aims and objectives: The main aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of patients living with cancer as a chronic illness. BackgroundDue to recent advances in detection and treatment, cancer is now regarded as a chronic illness.
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