Small intestine cancer is rare, with adenocarcinomas being the most common type, often occurring in the duodenum. Diagnosis involves imaging, endoscopy, and biopsy, with staging determined by the TNM ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Abstract: A rapid and non-invasive assessment method for small intestinal functions before organ transplantation has not yet been established. Machine perfusion is a novel organ preservation strategy ...

In the first postnatal month, the developing mouse intestine shifts from an immature to a mature intestine that will sustain the organism throughout the lifespan. Here, we surveyed the mouse intestine ...

The small intestine is the longest part of the digestive system, measuring between 10 and 16 feet. The primary function of the intestines is to absorb nutrients and vitamins and to eliminate waste.

Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a rare and severe intestinal motility disorder with poor long-term prognosis and high mortality rate, especially when the small intestine is involved.

In patients with small intestinal Crohn’s disease (CD), there is a need for a simple, non-invasive test to reduce dependence on invasive procedures (eg, enteroscopy) and costly imaging (eg, MRI or CT ...

The US humorist Christopher Morley once described the human body as “an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing”. He wasn’t wrong: from our cardiovascular and lymphatic systems to our guts and urinary ...

Evisceration of the small intestine from the anus is a rare complication following rectal injury. In patients with recurrent rectal prolapse, delayed surgical intervention can lead to rectal wall ...