Acute colonic ileus or Ogilvie's syndrome is an acute nonmechanical colonic obstruction with an unclear pathophysiology. This motility disorder generally occurs in elderly patients with serious ...

Background and Aim Chewing gum proposal has been used in surgery to reduce postoperative ileus for more than 10 years; however, the efficacy remains imprecise. The aim of this study was to ...

A full-term baby boy was transferred to the NICU at 30 hours of age with abdominal distention and failure to pass meconium. An abdominal radiograph showed dilated loops of small intestine.