This review aims to discuss the role of nutrition and feeding practices in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), NEC prevention, and its complications, including surgical treatment. A thorough PubMed search was performed with a focus on meta-analyses and...
Background: Short bowel syndrome (SBS) secondary to intestinal resection is the most common cause of intestinal failure (IF) in children and is associated with prolonged parenteral support (PS), impaired growth, and substantial morbidity. SBS outcome...
Background/Objectives: Intestinal Behçet’s disease (iBD) often requires surgical intervention, with a significant proportion of patients needing reoperation. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors associated with reoperation in...
Extensive resection of small bowel often leads to short bowel syndrome (SBS). SBS patients develop clinical mal-absorption and dehydration relative to the reduction of absorptive area, acceleration of gastrointestinal transit time and modifications o...
Early intestinal resection in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) is necessary due to a severe and complicating disease course. Herein, we aim to predict which patients with CD need early intestinal resection within 3 years of diagnosis, according to...
Endometriosis is a gynecological pathology that affects between 6 and 15% of women of childbearing age. One of the manifestations is intestinal deep infiltrating endometriosis. This condition may force patients to resort to surgical treatment, often...
Background: Anastomotic leak (AL) remains one of the most relevant complications after intestinal resection for Crohn’s disease (CD). While surgery has always been considered the standard treatment for perianastomotic collection, percutaneous d...
Background/Objectives: Crohn’s disease (CD) is one of the most frequent causes of short bowel syndrome (SBS), a severe clinical condition with huge morbidity and social costs. SBS occurs when, following intestinal resections, the remaining smal...
A twelve-year-old male castrated Chihuahua with a severe, microcytic, hypochromic, and nonregenerative direct antiglobulin test positive anemia characterized by marked spherocytosis was referred to the veterinary hospital. Abdominal ultrasound reveal...
Many patients undergo small bowel and colon surgery for reasons related to malignancy, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), mesenteric ischemia, and other benign conditions, including post-operative adhesions, hernias, trauma, volvulus, or diverticula....
Small intestine lipomatosis is rare but may be associated with pain, intussusception, and gastrointestinal bleeding. In this report, we examine the case of a 41-year-old man who had recurrent presentations to the emergency department with non-specifi...
Nephrolithiasis is a common urologic manifestation of Crohn’s disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics, intestinal oxalate absorption, and risk factors for urinary stone formation in these patients. In...
Background: Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and, in particular, bowel endometriosis stand out for their complexity. While surgery for bowel endometriosis has proven to be effective, there is a lack of standardization concerning the technique us...
Introduction: The goal of primary tumor resection with lymphadenectomy (PTR) in small intestine neuroendocrine neoplasms (SI-NENs) is to avoid local recurrence while sparing as much of the small bowel as possible, even in the case of extensive mesent...
Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the small intestine (SI-NENs) are one of the most commonly recognized gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs). Carcinoid heart disease (CHD) is the primary cause of death in patients with the carcinoid s...
Pediatric short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare condition characterized by a massive loss of the small intestine, leading to the inability to meet nutritional requirements without the use of parenteral or enteral supplementation. SBS causes profound a...
Small bowel obstruction (SBO) in dogs is most commonly caused by foreign bodies or neoplasia; however, SBO secondary to transmural fibroplasia remains a rare clinical complication of canine chronic enteropathy. This report describes the complex case...
Background and Objectives: The therapeutic role of surgery in Crohn’s disease has evolved in the era of advanced biologic therapies, particularly in patients with complex and treatment-refractory disease. This study aimed to evaluate the relati...
Background: Although endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) provides a high rate of curative resection, the remaining gastric mucosa after ESD is at risk for metachronous superficial gastric epithelial neoplasms (MSGENs). It leaves room for risk fact...
Strangulating small intestinal disease (SSID) in horses carries a poor prognosis for survival, especially following resection of ischaemic tissue. The margins of a resection are principally based on visual appraisal of the intestine during surgery. W...
(1) Objectives: In patients with symptoms suggestive of rectosigmoid endometriosis, imaging techniques are required to confirm the presence and establish the extent of the disease. The objective of the current study was to compare the performance of...
Postoperative recurrence (POR) remains a significant challenge in Crohn’s disease (CD) management despite therapeutic advances. Contemporary data show ileocecal resection rates of 18.7%, 28.0%, and 39.5% at one, five, and ten years after diagno...
Background/Objectives: Carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) is a promising treatment option for unresectable locally recurrent rectal cancer (LRRC). However, CIRT is contraindicated in cases where recurrent tumors are attached to the intestine. To address...
Juvenile polyps, typically localized in the rectum and sigmoid colon, are a common cause of pediatric bloody stool. An isolated small intestinal juvenile polyp is uncommon and generally difficult to diagnose. The first case of an isolated juvenile po...
Crohn’s disease (CD) represents a heterogeneous and complex disease with no curative therapeutic option available to date. Current therapy is mainly antibody-based focusing on the immune system while other treatment alternatives such as surgery are c...
Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a common disease in premature infants. If conservative treatment does not respond, surgical removal of the necrotic section of bowel is common practice. This study investigates whether there is a correla...
Patients with intestinal fat malabsorption and urolithiasis are particularly at risk of acquiring fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies. The aim of the study was to evaluate the vitamin status and metabolic profile before and after the supplementation of...
(1) Background: A widely accepted algorithm for the management of colorectal anastomotic leakage (CAL) is difficult to establish. The present study aimed to evaluate the current clinical practice on the management of CAL among the German CHIR-Net cen...
Intestinal obstruction caused by a foreign body accounts for 80% of all canine intestinal blockages [...]
This study investigated the risk profile and the impact of dietary intervention in calcium oxalate stone formers with enteric hyperoxaluria under controlled, standardized conditions. Thirty-seven patients were included in the study. Dietary and 24-h...
Advanced intra-abdominal desmoids tumors present with severe symptoms, complications or rapid growth, which lead to adverse outcomes. Our aim was to evaluate the treatment and outcome of patients with advanced intra-abdominal desmoids tumors, and dev...
Short bowel syndrome is a rare and clinically heterogeneous condition resulting from extensive intestinal resections or functional impairment, leading to malabsorption, fluid and electrolyte losses, and potential progression to intestinal failure req...
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare gastrointestinal condition that is defined as having less than 200 cm of remaining small intestine. SBS results from extensive surgical resection and is associated with a high risk for intestinal failure (IF) with...
A 79 year old female individual presented to the hospital and complained of 1 month melena and anemia due to chronic gastrointestinal bleeding because of cavernous hemangiomatosis of the small bowel. After undergoing an initial video laparoscopic jej...
Background: Apple peel atresia (APA) is a rare and severe form of intestinal atresia, but little is known on long-term outcomes. We compared outcomes of apple-peel atresia based on different surgical approaches. Methods: a retrospective review from t...
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) causes malabsorption due to extensive intestinal resection. While intestinal function declines with age, little is known about the relationship between intestinal failure and ageing. For the first time in Japan, we report a...
About 50% of Crohn’s Disease (CD) patients undergo an intestinal resection during their lifetime. Although the patients experience a fairly long period of well-being after the intestinal resection, they presented a postoperative recurrence (POR...
The “vein definition” for locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (LA PDAC) assumes portal-to-superior mesenteric vein (PV/SMV) unreconstructability due to tumor involvement or occlusion. Radical pancreatectomies with SMV resect...
Endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder that can involve the intestinal tract and may present with bleeding, bowel obstruction, and, rarely, perforation or malignant transformation. Intestinal endometriosis can mimic malignant tumors or othe...
Extended colon resection is often performed in advanced ovarian cancer. Restoring intestinal continuity and avoiding stoma creation improve patients’ quality of life postoperatively. We tried to minimize the number of anastomoses, restore intestinal...
Objectives: Inflammatory fibroid polyps, also known as Vanek’s tumors, are rare benign lesions of the gastrointestinal tract. Although the exact cause remains unclear, several theories suggest an association with inflammatory processes and gene...
A 80-year-old woman underwent vulvar melanoma resection and segmental lung resection for pulmonary metastasis. Immunotherapy with Nivolumab was performed. One year later, the patient was admitted for gastrointestinal (GI) recurrent bleeding and sever...
Essential amino acids (AAs) play a key role in stimulating intestinal adaptation after massive small gut resection. The nutritional effect of dietary amino acids during intestinal regrowth has received considerable attention in recent years. This rev...
Background/Objectives: Intestinal malignant melanoma is a rare entity, most commonly presenting as metastatic disease from a cutaneous primary source. The distinction between primary and secondary intestinal melanoma remains challenging, yet it has i...
The mortality rates of gastric carcinoma remain high, despite the progress in research and development in disease mechanisms and treatment. Therefore, recognition of gastric precancerous lesions and early neoplasia is crucial. Two subtypes of sporadi...
Background: Chronic intestinal failure (CIF), most commonly caused by short bowel syndrome (SBS), necessitates complex care. This review explores the gut microbiota’s role in intestinal adaptation in SBS, examining its potential as both a biomarker a...
Obtaining adequate resection margins in small intestinal necrotic tissue remains challenging due to the lack of intraoperative feedback. Here, we used hyperspectral imaging (HSI), an imaging technique for objective identification, combined with deep...
Short bowel syndrome is a pathological condition resulting from extensive resection of the intestine, generally performed due to congenital abnormalities, Crohn’s disease, mesenteric ischemia, or neoplasms. The main consequence of this syndrome...
Background/Objectives: Abdominal lymphatic malformations (ALM) in children are rare vascular anomalies with heterogeneous presentation and challenging operative anatomy. Existing classification systems are largely descriptive and provide limited guid...
Canine extraskeletal osteosarcomas are mesenchymal, osteoid producing tumors that can arise in soft tissues without initial involvement of the bones. An 8-year-old intact male Beagle dog presented with anorexia, abdominal pain, intermittent vomiting...
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