Endoscopic or surgical removal of impacted stool may be necessary when fecal impaction is higher up in the colon and is unreachable manually. Your provider may also recommend surgery if other ...

Shawn Michael, 48, from Springfield Missouri, said it was only when a sip of fizzy drink left him feeling like he'd been ...

1 Department of Surgery and Oncology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital ... usually the terminal ileum, and present with small bowel obstruction. Here the authors present the unusual case of an ...

1 Department of General Surgery ... the perforation is caused by impaction and progressive erosion of the FB through the intestinal wall, the site of perforation becomes covered by fibrin, omentum, or ...

Doctors typically treat Hirschsprung disease with surgery to remove part of the intestine. Learn about surgical procedures, ...

New research shows that fecal transplants may boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy drugs called PD-1 inhibitors.

Major bowel operations assisted by robots have "significantly ... Jonathan Trickett, Robotic Lead at the trust, said the 100th surgery marked "an important milestone which has improved the lives ...

PARIS — Paris Fashion Week witnessed a debut show on Friday from one of the most unusually named brands in the luxury clothing industry: Matieres Fecales, which means fecal matter in French. After ...

Surgery to remove your stomach is called a gastrectomy ... The surgeon joins your small bowel to the remaining part of your stomach. The duodenum is the first part of your small bowel which connects ...

Untreated irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C ... or areas of inflamed colon that require removal through surgery. Having IBS doesn’t increase your risk for colon cancer.