J-pouch surgery can successfully relieve symptoms of ulcerative colitis if medications and other treatments haven’t worked, but complications may arise. Depending on the type of irritable bowel ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;7(3):215-223. In a small pediatric case series, a manometry study of the neorecto-anal function revealed similar maximum neorectal tolerated threshold volume ...

A fever after surgery (postoperative fever) is a common complication. There are a range of reasons why you might get a fever after surgery, including problems like infections that need treatment. You ...

Getting sick right before surgery may or may not delay the scheduled procedure. If your illness is related to the reason you're having surgery, such as chest pain, then heart surgery is likely to be ...

The meat and cheese slicers are spinning and lox is on the cutting board again at the landmark Koch’s Deli in West Philadelphia, a year after the city Health Department ordered its shutdown under ...

The Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery works closely with the departments of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Urology. Together with ...

If you have a lung disease, one treatment option your doctor may suggest is a type of surgery called a lobectomy, which involves removing a portion of your lung called a lobe. Your lungs are made ...

Before surgery, you'll probably get tests to check how well the muscles in your esophagus work, including esophageal manometry and esophageal motility studies. Because you're taking a risk with ...

Treatment options for UC can include medications and surgery. Some research suggests that an appendectomy may be used to treat UC or prevent its symptoms. An appendectomy is a surgical procedure ...