Background: Malnutrition and anemia are major concerns that significantly impact quality of life and disease activity in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) following surgical resection. However, ...

Introduction Intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) presents with clinical features that often mimic malignant or inflammatory diseases. Diagnosis is established through a combination of endoscopic, ...

aDepartment of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8118, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, United States bThe F. Widjaja ...

What Is a Laparoscopic Ileocolectomy and Right Colectomy? A laparoscopic ileocolectomy is an operation that removes a diseased section of the ileum (last segment of the small bowel) and ascending ...

Combined antegrade-retrograde dilation 1 is an established technique that has been adapted for benign colonic obstruction 2 3 but requires use of accessory devices and predilation followed by ...

Postoperative recurrence after ileocaecal resection for fibrostenotic terminal ileal Crohn's disease is a significant issue for patients as it can result in symptom recurrence and requirement for ...

A 74-year-old woman presented with worsening exertional dyspnea over the preceding 2 months in the setting of severe calcific aortic stenosis. She had multiple comorbidities including severe chronic ...

Recurrence after ileocolectomy for Crohn's disease (CD) is common and occurs in up to 80% of patients. Such recurrence can result in repeated surgical interventions, an increased need for medical ...

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Genomic DNA was extracted from tumor and control nonneoplastic tissues after microdissection from 5-μm sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue as described previously (27). LOH of ...