Anal fistulas can be painful and persistent. Here’s what causes them and the best treatment options to manage or eliminate ...

Contrast enema in a newborn with distal bowel obstruction is helpful to delineate the anatomy to show the gaps and to facilitate the procedure. In conclusion, transanal endorectal pull-through is a ...

In prostate cancer Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), endorectal balloons are commonly used to reduce rectal exposure to excessive radiation. This study investigates the magnetic ...

Design Descriptive cross-sectional study. Subjects The participants of the study were followed up patients at the Surgery Out Patient Department from March 2016 to August 2017, ages 0–7 years old, ...

In the initial studies of minimally invasive techniques for repair of anal fistulas using a suturable bioprosthetic plug, healing rates ranged between 80% and 87%. 2,3,4 These studies by Armstrong ...

An Expert Panel was convened with members from ASCO and the Society of Abdominal Radiology, American College of Radiology, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, American Urological ...

Correspondence to Dr T J Bradnock, Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon, Department of Paediatric Surgery, The Royal Hospital for Children, 1345 Govan Rd, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; ...

† Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China ‡ State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Department of Macromolecular ...