Small and large bowel obstructions are responsible for approximately 15% of hospital
admissions for acute abdominal pain in the USA and~ 20% of cases needing acute surgical …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Until recently, a diagnosis of peritoneal
carcinomatosis was uniformly accompanied by a grim prognosis that was typically measured …

Purpose To provide evidence-based recommendations on the management of malignant
bowel obstruction (MBO) for patients with advanced cancer. Methods The Multinational …

Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) and diffuse peritoneal metastasis (PM) are not eligible
for surgical intervention. Thus, palliative treatment remains the standard of care in clinical …

Dissemination of ovarian cancer cells can lead to inoperable metastatic lesions in the bowel
and omentum that cause patient death. Here we show that LRRC15, a type-I 15-leucine–rich …

Objective: The aim of this study was to build a SVM classifier using ResNet-3D algorithm by
artificial intelligence for prediction of synchronous PC. Background: Adequate detection and …

Background Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) with peritoneal carcinomatosis presents a
technical challenge. Surgical gastrojejunostomy (SGJ) or enteral stenting have been the …

Small bowel obstruction is one of the most frequent emergencies in general surgery,
commonly affecting elderly patients. Morbidity and mortality from small bowel obstruction in …

BACKGROUND There is increasing emphasis on the appropriateness and quality of acute
surgical care for patients with serious illness and at the end of life. However, there is a lack …

Importance Older patients are at greater risk for postoperative complications, yet they are
less likely than younger patients to ask questions about surgery. Objective To design an …