Colonoscopy was repeated, which now showed rectal ulcerations and nodular lesions, pancolitis, and friability of the ileocecal valve (Figure 1); the terminal ileum could not be intubated.

Located over the entire surface of the small intestine, the villus can be found from about the common bile duct to the ileocecal valve. A single layer of columnar epithelium containing capillaries ...

Age, sex, BMI, intestinal resection (yes/no), ileocecal valve in situ (yes/no), average bowel movements per day and differences in 12 dietary patterns (online supplemental table 5) were added as ...

A 71-year-old man diagnosed with cecal cancer with lymph node metastasis underwent an ileocecal resection and received chemotherapy. He completed his therapy and remained stable for the next few years ...

Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining of mucosal biopsy specimens from the left colon, ascending colon, and ileocecal area revealed extensive acute and chronic inflammatory infiltration of the ...

Surgical Intervention for Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies in Adult Patients: A Case Series. Surgical Science, 16, 182-193.

The most frequently described laparoscopic operations for the management of patients with IBD are restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis and ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease.

Congenital bands are rare abnormal structures that can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract, and intestinal obstruction caused by these bands is uncommon in children. To our knowledge, there ...

1 Department of General Surgery, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia. 2 Department of Surgery of International, Faculty of Medicine and Stomatology, Tbilisi State Medical University, ...

The New Visual Erection Hardness Score is the Topic Highligheted in this Issue of International Brazilian Journal of Urology Favorito, Luciano A.