Emergency alimentary-tract surgery in the newborn.

The Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

Hamartomas in the alimentary tract.

Are young surgeons competent to perform alimentary tract surgery?

BACKGROUND Assessment of competency during residency training has received increased attention recently. There has been less attention given to the competency of residents after training. HYPOTHESIS Patient outcomes for alimentary tract surgery (ATS) should be similar for surgeons who recently completed their residency training compared with more experienced surgeons, indicating that the youn...

Aging and the alimentary tract.

Alimentary Tract: Intestine

While tremendous advances have improved the understanding of inflammatory bowel disease, with regard to environmental risk factors as well as the biochemical nature of the inflammatory process, a determination of primary etiology remains elusive. Numerous theories have been proposed in the past century concerning the cause of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis with implications for specific...