PURPOSE OF REVIEW Early nutrition has been evaluated and used as a possible strategy to decrease the negative impact of the metabolic response to injury and postoperative ileus. The metabolic response to injury, be it surgical or traumatic, is a physiological mechanism that, according to the magnitude and duration of the event, can impact on the patient's morbidity and survival. The adequate in...

Introduction. Gallstone ileus (GSI) of the colon is an extremely rare entity with potentially serious complications including perforation. Case Presentation. An 88-year-old man presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and distension. Clinical exam revealed signs of peritonism. Computed tomography (CT) revealed GSI of the transverse colon with a closed-loop large bowel obstructi...

A single incisional laparoscopic surgery (SILS) approach is increasingly being used, taking advantage of the minimally invasive technique. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and the validation of SILS procedure for small bowel obstruction (SBO). Sixteen consecutive patients with SBO who underwent SILS release of ileus between April 2010 and March 2015 were compared with the c...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) and prostaglandins (PGs) participate in the pathogenesis of inflammatory postoperative ileus. We sought to determine whether the emerging neuronal modulator COX-2 plays a significant role in primary afferent activation during postoperative ileus using spinal Fos expression as a marker. METHODS Rats, and COX-2(+/+) and COX-2(-/-) mice underwent simp...

1. The mucus glycoproteins in meconium from normal infants and from infants having cystic fibrosis with meconium ileus have been studied. 2. Whereas normal meconium contained about 50% protein-bound carbohydrate, the meconium from cystic fibrosis contained only about 10%. 3. Glycopolypeptides were prepared from the mucus of glycoproteins. The oligosaccharide units from this material were releas...

Di-isopropylfluorophosphonate (D.F.P.) has the property of inhibiting the enzyme cholinesterase, and it has been recommended for use in the treatment of glaucoma, paralytic ileus, and myasthenia gravis. It is manufactured on a laboratory scale as this is sufficient to produce the quantities required for clinical use. The circumstances in which two chemical workers were intoxicated with D.F.P. a...

Prolonged postoperative ileus is a common but clinically challenging problem that leads to patient discomfort and prolonged hospitalization; the condition is managed through a multimodular program of supportive measures. In anthroposophic nursing, the management of prolonged postoperative ileus involves additional tools, including external abdominal compresses and massages with plant or silver-...

OBJECTIVE The efficacy of transanal ileus tube in acute obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer was discussed. METHOD A total of 101 cases of acute obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer were divided into two treatment groups. For the experimental group consisting of 52 cases, decompression was performed using transanal ileus tube along with drainage and flushing as preparations for one-st...

Background/Aim—The eVects of diVerent prokinetic agents, the motilide erythromycin and the substituted benzamides metoclopramide and cisapride, were investigated in a rat model of postoperative ileus. These eVects were compared with that of granisetron, a 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT3) receptor antagonist, and a novel enterokinetic agent, prucalopride, a 5-HT4 receptor agonist. Methods—DiVerent de...

BACKGROUND Gallstone ileus is a complication of acute cholecystitis that accounts for 25% of bowel obstruction cases in the elderly. To our knowledge, only one other case of gallstone ileus presenting as intussusception has been reported in the literature, and involved non-operative management with an unfavorable outcome. CASE PRESENTATION Here we report the case of 69year old woman presentin...