In a bowel obstruction (intestinal obstruction), a blockage prevents the contents of the intestines from passing normally through the digestive tract. The problem causing the blockage can be inside or ...

ANOMALOUS rotation of the bowel almost always results in such gross departure from normal position as to be readily noted on x-ray examination after the administration of barium by either the oral or ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 75 years old and in good health. In the past two years, I’ve had four small-bowel obstructions. The pain is excruciating (about a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10), and I have terrible ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 75 years old and in good health. At age 20, I had an exploratory operation resulting in an appendectomy. Eight years ago, I underwent a gallbladder removal. In the past two years, ...

WHEN her tummy grew unusually big, she said she was pregnant. But at 75, it sounded a little odd that Rose Mary Wobuyaga, a traditional herbalist from Sironko, would be soon giving birth in the ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information, sharing his or her reasoning with the reader ...

Obstruction of the intestines due to adhesions resulting from previous abdominal surgery is painful, results in vomiting and dehydration and requires urgent medical and often surgical intervention.