A lateral internal sphincterotomy is an outpatient surgery during which the sphincter is cut or stretched to help anal fissures heal. Some practices may help support recovery. The sphincter is the ...

For salvage for biliary access in patients with benign biliary disease and difficult bile duct cannulation, the endoscopic ultrasound-guided rendezvous technique (EUS-RV) and precut sphincterotomy ...

A bowel movement can be an effective way to gauge whether you're in good health. The foods you eat, the amount of exercise you get, and how much water you drink affect your digestive system and poop.

Study design: Literature review of current treatment options for detrusor–sphincter dyssynergia (DSD) in spinal cord injury. Objectives: To review the outcomes and complications associated with ...

IT is now generally accepted that there are two types of acute pancreatitis: acute pancreatic edema, and acute pancreatic necrosis. Repeated attacks of acute pancreatitis are classified as chronic ...

SAN DIEGO — In treating pancreas divisum, the common use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with minor papilla endoscopic sphincterotomy showed no significant benefit over a sham ...

THE management of the patient with recurrent pancreatitis is controversial. It will probably continue to be so until there is a better understanding of the underlying causative mechanisms. Of the ...