Surgery did not significantly increase the number of days alive and outside of the hospital (so-called good days) for patients with malignant bowel obstruction, but surgery did lead to improvements in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers observed no significant difference in mean number of “good days” in the surgery vs. no-surgery ...

Healthgrades recently released its rankings of the top hospitals for gastrointestinal surgery. To determine the rankings, Healthgrades used Medicare patient outcome data from the CMS provider analysis ...

A mesenteric artery bypass is a procedure used to treat a blockage in your superior mesenteric artery. It involves using a graft sourced from another blood vessel or a synthetic material to create a ...

Colon cancer can cause complications such as bowel obstruction or gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Treatments for colon cancer, such as surgery or chemotherapy, can also cause complications. Colon ...