Oct. 21, 2005 (San Francisco) — Patients hospitalized for small bowel obstruction were likely to require rehospitalization within three years and had an unexpectedly high mortality rate, according to ...

Lisa Marie Presley's cause of death was the result of a surgery that she had undergone years before, an autopsy report confirmed. The only child of Elvis Presley, she experienced what's known as a ...

Inflammation from Crohn’s disease can cause thickening or scar tissue inside your small intestine, which sometimes leads to narrow areas called strictures. A strictureplasty for Crohn’s disease is a ...

Patients with jejunostomy after extensive small-bowel resection have major problems with water, sodium and magnesium depletion. They rapidly become dehydrated if appropriate treatment is not given.