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Background Abdominal wall hernia is a common surgical condition. Patients may present in an emergency with bowel obstruction, incarceration or strangulation.
National Audit of Small Bowel Obstruction Steering Group and National Audit of Small Bowel Obstruction Collaborators +3 more
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Cadaveric small bowel and small bowel-liver transplantation in humans [PDF]
Five patients had complete cadaveric small bowel transplants under FK506 immunosuppression, one as an isolated graft and the other 4 in continuity with a liver. Three were children and two were adults.
Abu-Elmagd, K +13 more
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Liver Transplantation at KFSHRC: Achievement and Challenges
The liver transplantation program at KFSHRC has been active since 2001. More than 450 liver transplants have been performed so far. The program evolved from adult cadaveric transplant to living donor and recently to pediatric and split techniques.
Mohammed I. Al Sebayel +18 more
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Small Bowel Volvulus Complicated by Bowel Infarction
Teaching Point: Torsion of a segment of the small bowel and its mesentery, together with closed loop obstruction and absent enhancement of paper-thin small bowel walls, is an alarm sign for small bowel volvulus complicated by acute bowel infarction.
Birgitt Janssens +2 more
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Detecting and managing small bowel Crohn’s disease – capsule endoscopy becoming a first line diagnostic method? [PDF]
Small bowel endoscopy is crucial for diagnosing small bowel Crohn’s disease, and capsule endoscopy is complemented by balloon-assisted enteroscopy to take biopsies and by magnetic resonance imaging to visualize enteral and extra-intestinal involvement ...
Albert, Jörg Gerhard +1 more
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Background: Recent advances in endoscopic devices such as small bowel capsule endoscopy and balloon-assisted endoscopy have improved the level of medical care for small bowel bleeding.
Yoshinori Arai +14 more
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Changes of smooth muscle contractile filaments in small bowel atresia [PDF]
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
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BACKGROUND: Celiac disease (CD) is mostly recognized among subjects with a Caucasian ethnic ancestry. No studies have explored conditions predisposing Amerindians to CD.
Horacio Vázquez +14 more
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Logistics and technique for combined hepatic-intestinal retrieval [PDF]
During a 13-month period, en bloc liver-small bowel cadaveric grafts were procured for seven children and one adult. All liver grafts functioned immediately, and all but one of the recipient patients recovered.
Abu-Elmagd, K +7 more
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Background The diagnosis of acute small bowel diseases is one of the challenging issues that confronted by the radiologists so accurate diagnosis is essential to determine the appropriate way of management.
Doaa M. Emara +3 more
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