Acute colonic ileus or Ogilvie's syndrome is an acute nonmechanical colonic obstruction with an unclear pathophysiology. This motility disorder generally occurs in elderly patients with serious ...

Hirschsprung disease and meconium ileus both disrupt bowel movements and can require urgent medical attention. The two conditions have different causes and treatments. Hirschsprung disease happens ...

Intestinal blockage is called "ileus" - the FDA received 18 reports of it in people taking Ozempic as of late September. For her part, Webster took Ozempic along with the prescription injection ...

Sherrill Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery Steven Theiss, M.D., alongside Associate Professor Sakthivel Rajaram Manoharan, M.D. and former Research Fellow Logan Reed, published a study addressing the risk ...

Considering taking supplements to treat postoperative ileus? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of postoperative ileus. Follow the links to read common ...

Background and Aim Chewing gum proposal has been used in surgery to reduce postoperative ileus for more than 10 years; however, the efficacy remains imprecise. The aim of this study was to ...

Dr. Stephan Baumgartner, Deputy Director of the "Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine" in Bern, Switzerland, and Dr. Alexander Tournier, Research Associate at the same institution are ...