Digestive system surgery, or gastrointestinal surgery, can be divided into upper GI surgery and lower GI surgery. Upper gastrointestinal surgery, often...

The human digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver...

Inguinal hernia surgery is an operation to repair a weakness in the abdominal wall that abnormally allows abdominal contents to slip into a narrow tube...

system that allows viewing of the affected area by snaking the cable from a more distant, but more easily accessible location. Laparoscopic surgery includes...

or laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication when performed via laparoscopic surgery, is a surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)...

surgical procedure of these organs, which include:[citation needed] the digestive tract (the stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon) the liver, pancreas...

Appendectomy may be performed laparoscopically (as minimally invasive surgery) or as an open operation. Over the 2010s, surgical practice has increasingly...

stoma. Children undergoing surgery for extensive pelvic tumors commonly are given a colostomy in preparation for surgery to remove the tumor, followed...

"Ostomy Surgery of the Bowel | NIDDK". National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Retrieved 2019-10-23. Nils G. Kock; Classic Article;...

Kiyotaka (2007). "Surgical treatment for digestive cancer. Current issues - colon cancer". Digestive Surgery. 24 (2): 108–114. doi:10.1159/000101897....

inflammatory bowel disease due to an increased risk of colorectal cancer Before surgery, patients typically undergo preoperative bloodwork, including a complete...

incision. The catheter is then carefully navigated through the arterial system with x-ray guidance until it reaches the branches of the superior rectal...

of") is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract, sometimes...

procedure. The first differentiating factor in hernia repair is whether the surgery is done open, or laparoscopically. Open hernia repair is when an incision...

In general surgery, a Roux-en-Y anastomosis, or Roux-en-Y, is an end-to-side surgical anastomosis of bowel used to reconstruct the gastrointestinal tract...

effective when combined with a malabsorptive technique, in which part of the digestive tract is bypassed, reducing the absorption of calories and nutrients....

PMID 25067924. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse. National Institute for Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Public domain text...

beverages because their altered digestive tract absorbs alcohol at a faster rate than people who have not undergone the surgery. It also takes a post-operative...

basic use, the endoscope is used to inspect the internal anatomy of the digestive tract. Often inspection alone is sufficient, but biopsy is a valuable...

Salvaging a Failed Ileal J-Pouch-Anal Anastomosis to a Modified H-Pouch". Digestive Surgery. 24 (5): 324–327. doi:10.1159/000105526. PMID 17630490. S2CID 7840290...

November 2023. "Colonoscopy - NIDDK". National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved...

pathways and one common channel. The shorter of the two pathways, the digestive loop, takes food from the stomach to the common channel. The much longer...

connection that brings digestive fluids from the gallbladder and pancreas to the alimentary limb. Weight loss following the surgery is largely due to alteration...

position. Severe cases of hemorrhoidal prolapse will normally require surgery. Newer surgical procedures include stapled transanal rectal resection (STARR)...

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because studies showed that patients did not benefit from the more extensive surgery. At the very beginning of the procedure, after the surgeons have gained...

clinic in 1885. Billroth I Roux-en-Y Robinson, JO. The History of Gastric Surgery. Postgraduate Medical Journal. Dec 1960, p 706-713. [https://www.slideshare...

Cystogastrostomy is a surgery to create an opening between a pancreatic pseudocyst and the stomach when the cyst is in a suitable position to be drained...

drug such as ethanol. They may also be used before surgery, to clear the contents of the digestive tract before it is opened. Apart from toxicology, gastric...

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