context bowel obstruction is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen. because of heterogeneity of patients’ population and variety of causes, therapeutic strategies are not standardized, so treatment of intestinal obstruction is a surgical challenge in many cases. a traditional medicine approach could help detect some issues that were ignored by modern medicine. one of the major schools ...

intestinal stem cells (iscs) are a group of rare cells located in the intestinal crypts which are responsible for the maintenance of the intestinal homeostasis and intestinal regeneration following injury or inflammation. lineage tracing experiments in mice have proven that iscs can repopulate the entire intestinal crypt. it is noteworthy that in such experiments, only a subset of intestinal cr...

background malnutrition and infections are widespread in almost all developing countries. the aim of this study was to investigating prevalence and some of the determinants of malnutrition and intestinal parasitic infections among preschool children in shahroud, iran. materials and methods at across-sectional study, the all preschool children (1,850 cases), in shahroud city as simple census, we...

ventriculoperitoneal (vp) shunt placement that diverts the cerebrospinal fluid (csf) into the peritoneal cavity is the most common method of treatment of hydrocephalus. this shunt has a high incidence of malfunction mainly due to catheter obstruction or infection. about 20% of these complications are abdominal that may occur at any time after shunt placement from 1 week to several years. this s...

background: dog is known to act as definitive host for some parasites that cause important diseases in man and animals. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of neospora caninum and other intestinal parasites in dogs in khorasan razavi province, iran. methods : a cross-sectional study was done concerning frequency of n. canium and other in­testinal parasites in dogs in ma...

abstract bowel obstruction is a known complication after bariatric surgery especially roux-en-y gastric bypass. the known etiologies include internal hernia, jejunojejunostomy stricture, ileus, intussusceptions, superior mesenteric artery syndrome, incarcerated port site hernia, and adhesions. blood clot is a rare cause of small intestinal obstruction after laparoscopic roux-en-y gastric bypass...

gastrointestinal duplications are rare congenital malformations and they may vary greatly in presentation, size, location and symptoms. the presence of ectopic gastric mucosa (egm) in them is not common and they are difficult to diagnose prior to surgery. we present the case of a child with long intestinal duplication with ectopic gastric mucosa who presented with just severe anaemia and delaye...