The female rat's colonic obstruction was a consequence of the pressure induced by a distended vagina packed with caseous copulatory-like plugs of spermatozoa. We believe the rat died of multiple ...

Acute colonic ileus or Ogilvie's syndrome is an acute nonmechanical colonic obstruction with an unclear pathophysiology. This motility disorder generally occurs in elderly patients with serious ...

Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess the use colonoscopy over time in the assessment of large bowel obstruction in a tertiary university hospital. Methods: Retrospective analysis of ...

Presented at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Boston, May 21, 1941. Simple obstruction means occlusion of the lumen of the bowel without interference with its blood supply.

We have extensive experience with the use of intestinal lavage with Colytely ... to assess DIOS with regard to pain (absent - acute obstruction; range 0-30) and radiological signs of impaction ...

Colonic melanoma is a rarely detected aetiology of small bowel obstruction. This is a case of a male in his 80s with a history of treated stage IIIA melanoma on his trunk 7 years prior who presented ...