A 37-year-old woman's colon cancer symptom was dismissed as part of pregnancy. Months later, she was diagnosed with stage 4.

Gabby Zappia, 37, experienced blood in her stool during her third pregnancy. Months after giving birth, she learned she had ...
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Colon Resection

Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...
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Higher vitamin D levels found to cut bowel resection risk with IBD

An increased serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH]D) is independently associated with a lower risk for bowel resection with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study published ...
Healio

Fewer complications after rectal resection with mechanical bowel prep, oral antibiotics

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics resulted in fewer overall postoperative complications vs.
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Short bowel syndrome has no drugs: A new compound could cut liver risk

When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure—referred to as a radical small bowel ...
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Resection of primary colon cancer with and without resection of liver metastases: Propensity-score matched analysis.

Predictors of response in advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) patients treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). Serial ctDNA monitoring to predict response in mCRC patients treated with anlotinib ...
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The Romantic: A Bowel Resection Is Not an Obstacle to Love

I’m 27, I live in Boston, and I’m a certified nutritional therapy practitioner, an AIP coach, an author, and the owner of my own business, Alexa Federico Wellness. And I have Crohn’s disease. I was 12 ...

UK-first operation uses AI tool dubbed an ‘extra helping arm’

A pioneering AI tool named Eureka, which colour-codes body parts during live operations, has been deployed by surgeons for ...
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IV lidocaine does not expedite return of gut function 3 days after colon resection

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Return of gut function was similar between those ...