colonoscopy overview — a colonoscopy is an exam of the lower part of the gastrointestinal tract, which is called the colon or large intestine (bowel). colonoscopy is a safe procedure that provides information other tests may not be able to give. colonoscopy is performed by inserting a device called a colonoscope into the anus and advanced through the entire colon. the procedure generally takes ...

a case of an acute intestinal obstruction in a 64 -year - old man, due to cicatriceal stricture of tlie left colon with secondary enteroliths in colon, is presented. enteroliths in colon arc rare and it is suggested that stasis is the most important factor in their production as ihey arc. most commonly associated with an intestinal sricturc.

abstract background: improving the patients’ quality of life (qol) after coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is one of the main concerns of the treatment team. educational interventions may affect the aspects of qol in various ways. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of education based on the main concepts of logotherapy approach on the cabg patients’ quality of life. material...

Surgical management of infected prosthetic vascular grafts is associated with a significant risk of recurrent infection, limb loss, and mortality. Treatment options include graft excision with extra-anatomic bypass and in-line repair with prosthetic graft, vein, or artery. We hypothesized that in-line reconstruction using cryopreserved arterial allografts would be associated with a lower recurr...

background and aim: colon cancer is the third most prevalent cancer in iran. prolonged colon inflammation is an important factor, in the development of colon cancer. ginger has anti-inflammatory properties due to its content of [6]-gingerol and hence can play a role in the prevention of colon cancer. in this research the effects of ginger extract on reducing expression of the cox-2 gene in ht-2...

BACKGROUND The aim of this analysis was to assess the predictive value of C-reactive protein (CRP) for the early detection of postoperative infectious complications after a variety of abdominal operations. METHODS A meta-analysis of seven cohort studies from a single institution was performed. Laparoscopic gastric bypass and colectomies, as well as open resections of cancer of the colon, rect...

OBJECTIVE The usefulness of the gastroepiploic artery (GEA) as arterial grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been studied extensively. We report our experience performing abdominal surgery after CABG using in-situ GEA. METHODS The subjects were eight patients who underwent abdominal surgery after CABG with an in situ GEA graft. The surgical indications were malignant tumors in...