Because acute colonic ileus often appears as a complication of other, more serious medical or surgical conditions, narcotic use may potentiate this syndrome as well. Acute colonic ileus is ...

1 Improved detection of colonic lesions could lead to a reduction in adenoma miss rates and thus interval carcinomas; improved differentiation of colonic lesions could result in non-neoplastic ...

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Corresponding author Shria Kumar, MD, MSCE, gastroenterologist and clinical epidemiologist at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, explained the findings of this new study to Medical News Today.

In general, the diameter of the distended proximal colon is not helpful in determining the patient's prognosis, because risk of colonic perforation is related more to duration of the dilation than ...