Background/aims: Emergency procedures for colorectal cancer have worse outcomes than elective resections. Temporal trends in emergency surgery are analyzed by comparing two decade-related series of colorectal cancer patients.
Methods: The clinical data of 985 patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery were collected during two decades (1975-1984 and 1995-2004).
Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is the paradigm of an obesity-related disease. In most cases it exists because of the obesity and will disappear with weight loss.
Aim Of This Study: To evaluate the glicemic control in obese patients after two malabsorbitive procedure, the bilio-pancreatic diversion with ad hoc stomach resection (BPD-AHS) and the bilio-pancreatic diversion with transitory gastric restriction (BPD-TGR).
Slow-transit constipation is usually considered a colonic motor disorder. However, there is some evidence that abnormalities may be present in locations other than the colon. In particular, several studies have reported abnormal motor activity of the small bowel in these patients.
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