The digestive system, particularly the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, is one of the body’s largest and most complex systems, running from the mouth all the way to the anus. It includes organs such as ...

Several early cases of colon cancer have symptoms that are closely similar to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), since both conditions have the colon and can produce similar gastrointestinal ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a general term for chronic intestinal inflammation, and it usually refers to ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD). The clinical course of IBD is ...

The term fecal impaction refers to a collection of hardened stools in the colon or rectum. This obstruction can make it difficult for a person to pass stools and may cause symptoms such as abdominal ...

Traumatic colorectal injuries can be managed by either fecal diversion or primary repair / resection and anastomosis. We aimed to study differences in outcomes in adult patients managed with or ...