The cutaneous catheterizable ileocecocytoplasty is a surgery that we have found to be very successful here at University of Utah Health. In this surgery the bladder is expanded with large bowel from ...

Crohn’s Disease can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract, but most commonly targets the terminal ileum and proximal colon. A key characteristic of Crohn’s is transmural involvement, meaning ...

Brooke ileostomy consists of pulling the end part of the small intestine through a cut in the abdomen to allow the bowels to empty while bypassing the large intestine and the colon. An ileostomy is a ...

This story is part of a series exploring human anatomy and physiology complexities. Each story in this collection showcases discoveries reshaping our understanding of the body's inner workings, ...

Patients with Crohn's disease who undergo terminal ileum resection have a significantly higher risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) and colorectal polyps than those who do not undergo resection.

The US humorist Christopher Morley once described the human body as “an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing”. He wasn’t wrong: from our cardiovascular and lymphatic systems to our guts and urinary ...

Knocking out a single gene reprograms part of the large intestine to function like the nutrient-absorbing small intestine. In a preclinical study, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators showed that the ...

No serious adverse events (SAEs) or treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) related to laboratory values or EKGs observed across SAD/MAD cohorts Management releases a “What This Means” segment ...