At just five days old, baby Samuel Orlando Milanés García began exhibiting worrying symptoms: persistent vomiting, refusal to ...

Congenital intestinal atresia and obstruction encompass a group of developmental anomalies in which a portion of the intestinal lumen is either absent (atresia) or narrowed (stenosis). These ...

Read before the Boston Surgical Society, April 6, 1931. Ladd — Chief of Surgical Service, Children's Hospital. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue," page 300. Select the format you ...

Mesenteric ischemia, or small bowel ischemia, involves a blockage of blood flow to the small intestine. Symptoms include pain and bloating. It often results from blood clots or atherosclerosis.

Prepared for the Clinical Meeting of the Medical Board of the Massachusetts General Hospital, March 13, 1908. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.

Digestive discomfort is common, but some symptoms go far beyond everyday indigestion. One such condition that demands urgent attention is an intestinal blockage, also known as bowel obstruction. If ...

Doctors at FV Hospital in HCM City have successfully treated a rare and complex case of intestinal blockage in a 9-year-old girl, caused by a massive, tightly coiled clump of hair stretching nearly ...