Management of Advanced Small Bowel Cancer

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma

Management of adhesive small-bowel obstruction.

1. Early identification of strangulated bowel allows for faster treatment and improved outcomes. 2. Accurate diagnosis of strangulation cannot be made using physical exam or laboratory studies. 3. Most sensitive and specific modality for diagnosing strangulation is a non-contrast CT scan followed by an arterial and venous phase looking for enhancement of bowel wall. 4. Oral Gastrografin has bee...

Guidelines for management of small bowel obstruction.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The description of patients presenting with small bowel obstruction (SBO) dates back to the third or fourth century, when early surgeons created enterocutaneous fistulas to relieve a bowel obstruction. Despite this success with operative therapy, the nonoperative management of these patients with attempted reduction of hernias, laxatives, ingestion of heavy metals (e.g....

Surgical management of tuberculous small bowel obstruction.

BACKGROUND Acute intestinal obstruction due to tuberculosis is a common surgical problem in our community. Emergency surgery is usually required and surgical procedure depends upon the location and extent of the disease. The aim of this study was to determine the commonly involved region of intestine and different surgical procedures tailored. METHODS Thirty patients operated upon for acute i...

Molecular genetics of small bowel cancer.

Although the molecular genetic changes that take place during carcinogenesis in the large bowel have been well elucidated, very little work has been done on the carcinogenesis process in the small bowel where this phenomenon is much rarer. The few studies that have been done to suggest that certain oncogenes, i.e., erbB2, K-ras, cyclin D1, and p53, are all altered in ways and in frequency simil...