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Intestinal Obstruction by Meckel’s Diverticulum in a 92 Years Old Woman

open access: yesCase Reports in Surgery, 2020
Background. Meckel’s diverticulum is a vestigial remnant of the omphalomesenteric duct that in most cases (53%) is diagnosed in the first two years of life. Case report.
Maryam Sarkardeh   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low-dose CT for diagnosing intestinal obstruction and pneumoperitoneum; need for retakes and diagnostic accuracy

open access: yesActa Radiologica Open, 2021
Background One of the main concerns using low-dose (LD) CT for evaluation of patients with suspected intestinal obstruction or pneumoperitoneum is the potential need to make an additional standard-dose (SD) CT scan (retake) due to insufficient diagnostic
Nis E Larsen   +3 more
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Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction in a Porcine Model: Effects of Intra-Abdominal Hypertension. A Preliminary Study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
INTRODUCTION:Mechanical intestinal obstruction is a disorder associated with intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. As the large intestine intraluminal and intra-abdominal pressures are increased, so the patient's risk for ...
L Correa-Martín   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ileal hypertrophy and associated true diverticulum as a cause of colic in a horse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A 4-year-old Thoroughbred gelding underwent an explorative celiotomy for a suspected small intestinal obstruction. During surgery, an impacted diverticulum of the ileum was suspected, necessitating a jejunocaecostomy. The owner opted for euthanasia.
Assenza   +7 more
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Changes of smooth muscle contractile filaments in small bowel atresia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
AIM: To investigate morphological changes of intestinal smooth muscle contractile fibres in small bowel atresia patients. METHODS: Resected small bowel specimens from small bowel atresia patients (n = 12) were divided into three sections (proximal ...
Fiegel, Henning C.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Study on clinical characteristics and related factors of schizophrenic patients with intestinal obstruction

open access: yesBMC Gastroenterology, 2022
Background There are still few studies on the clinical characteristics and related risk factors of schizophrenia patients with intestinal obstruction. Our aim is to explore the clinical characteristics and related risk factors of schizophrenia patients ...
Mingchao Li   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Case of Acute Intestinal Obstruction in an Infant during the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesWorld Journal of Colorectal Surgery, 2023
Anomalous congenital bands are rare causes of intestinal obstruction in children, adults, and neonates. They are rarely reported, and their etiopathogenesis is unknown, without malrotation in children.
Jayalaxmi Shripati Aihole
doaj   +1 more source

Managing constipation in adults with co-morbidities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Constipation can be described in a number of ways but in general it is related to straining, reduced frequency of defecation and/or a sensation of incomplete bowel emptying.
Gardiner, Anji, Hilton, Andrea
core   +2 more sources

Phenotypic changes of interstitial cells of Cajal after intestinal obstruction in rat model [PDF]

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
The objective was to study the effect of mechanical intestinal obstruction in rats on the phenotype of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). Healthy Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham-operation group (C), one day obstruction group (M1), two days ...
Lin Li   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Role of Gastrografin Contrast Study in Intestinal Obstruction [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2017
Introduction: Intestinal obstruction is complete or partial blockage of intestinal tract. The main causes for the obstruction are either mechanical such as adhesions, inflammation, tumours, volvulus, and hernia or nonmechanical such as paralytic ...
Rachan Lal Singla   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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