1 Department of General Surgery, Wuhan Children’s Hospital (Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 2 School ...

Objective Complications of ascariasis are a significant cause of abdominal pain in pediatric emergencies, especially where it is endemic. A literature review was conducted with the aim of improving ...

Acute abdominal pain in adults is a quite common presentation to emergency departments (EDs) with a broad differential diagnosis. Intussusception in adults is rare, so a high index of suspicion is ...

IN A previous paper, † the management of colostomies secondary to battle wounds of the abdomen has been discussed. Although most of these patients have done remarkably well during their definitive ...

Out of the blue a few days before Christmas, Beth Grenham started experiencing agonizing stomach pain. It was worse than what she went through while giving birth without anesthesia, she says, and so ...

“My tummy hurts” -- that’s something every parent hears. But if it seems like your child complains about stomach problems all the time, they may have a serious digestive disorder. If your child has ...

Viral infections trigger more cases of intussusception, the common cause of bowel blockages in young children, than previously thought, according to a new study. Viral infections trigger more cases of ...

Viral infections trigger more cases of intussusception, the common cause of bowel blockages in young children, than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, led by Murdoch ...

Department of General Surgery, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy Introduction: Midgut volvulus and intussusception are prevalent paediatric abdominal emergencies. To the best of our ...

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