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 ...

Hirschsprung disease and meconium ileus can both cause a newborn to be unable to pass their first stool. Learn the different causes and treatments.

Sherrill Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery Steven Theiss, M.D., alongside Associate Professor Sakthivel Rajaram Manoharan, M.D. and former Research Fellow Logan Reed, published a study addressing the risk ...

Considering taking supplements to treat postoperative ileus? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of postoperative ileus. Follow the links to read common ...

Electronic databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library were used to search for RCTs up to December 2012. The final search strategy used for each database was based on key words both alone and ...

Dr. Stephan Baumgartner, Deputy Director of the "Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine" in Bern, Switzerland, and Dr. Alexander Tournier, Research Associate at the same institution are ...