News tagged with gastrointestinal surgery
Risk of surgery for Crohn's disease lower than reported in recent studies
A new multi-center study of 854 children with Crohn's disease shows a 5-year cumulative risk of bowel surgery is significantly lower than reported in recent studies. The findings of the study, led by Hasbro Children's Hospital, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Mechanical bowel preps offer no clinical benefit for pancreaticoduodenectomy
Mechanical bowel preparations (MBP) are commonly administered preoperatively to patients who undergo a pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) (Whipple procedure) to treat benign and malignant tumors of the pancreas, common bile duct ...
May 06, 2010 |
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New Study May Explain How Weight-loss Surgery Reverses Type 2 Diabetes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers, led by a UC Davis veterinary endocrinologist, has shown for the first time that a surgical procedure in rats that is similar to bariatric surgery in humans can delay the onset of type ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Environmental pollution increases the risk of liver disease
A new study is the first to show that there is a previously unrecognized role for environmental pollution in liver disease in the general U.S. adult population. This work builds upon the groups' previous research demonstrating ...
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May 29, 2009 |
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Gallbladder removal through vagina offers minimally invasive alternative
Physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital successfully removed a patient's gallbladder through the vagina, making them the first in the Midwest and the third in the country to perform the innovative procedure. The technique, ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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