Gallstone ileus is a mechanical intestinal obstruction caused due to impaction of a large gallstone within the bowel. The ideal treatment of gallstone ileus remains controversial, with the main dilemma being between a one-stage and a two-stage surgical procedure. A 69-year old male patient presented with gallstone ileus. A one-stage procedure with enterolithotomy and primary closure of duodenal...

CONTEXT Postoperative ileus is a major complication of abdominal surgical procedures OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence of ileus and gastrointestinal morbidity in patients who received immediate postoperative feeding and bowel stimulation after undergoing major gynecologic surgical procedures. METHODS During a 5-year period, the authors tracked demographic, surgical outcome, and follow-up ...

BACKGROUND: It is a common belief that a laparogoing laparoscopically assisted right hemicolecscopic procedure results in a shorter duration of tomy compared to the dog undergoing open right postoperative ileus compared with the equivalent hemicolectomy. This data does not support the open procedure. This study was undertaken to hypothesis that a laparoscopically assisted codetermine whether la...