Current recommendations for the performance of laparoscopic sigmoidectomy in patients with diverticulitis reserve this procedure for individuals who have complications of the disease or have had ...

A redundant colon is longer than a typical colon and often has extra loops or twists, especially in the descending section. Some people have a genetic predisposition for this condition. Many people ...

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 ...

Septal myectomy has been the gold standard treatment for the relief left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and cardiac symptoms in both adults and children with obstructive hypertrophic ...

Abstract: Considering the presence of switching devices, a pulse-width modulation (PWM) dc–dc converter is a piecewise smooth switching system that causes difficulties in stability analysis and ...

Abstract: For indirect contrast enhancement, researchers have proposed various transformation functions based on histogram equalization and gamma correction. However, these transformation functions ...

Jay Yepuri, MD, MS, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and a practicing partner at Digestive Health Associates of Texas (DHAT). Volvulus happens when the intestine twists around itself and can ...

If you have a tumor or a lesion within the lining of your gastrointestinal tract, your doctor may recommend removing it with a procedure called endoscopic submucosal dissection. Endoscopic submucosal ...

The treatment of long benign oesophageal strictures remains a clinical challenge. We present a novel endoscopic technique that involves visualising scar tissue using methylene blue-stained saline, ...