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Postoperative cognitive dysfunction ( POCD) is a decline in cognitive function (especially in memory and executive functions) that may last from 1–12 months after surgery, or longer. [ 1] In some cases, this disorder may persist for several years after major surgery. [ 2] POCD is distinct from emergence delirium.
There are many surgical options described for FI, and they can be considered in 4 general groups. [ 1] Implantation/injection of microballoons, carbon-coated beads, autologous fat, silicone, collagen. The relative effectiveness of surgical options for treating fecal incontinence is not known. [ 2] A combination of different surgical and non ...
A bowel resection or enterectomy ( enter- + -ectomy) is a surgical procedure in which a part of an intestine (bowel) is removed, from either the small intestine or large intestine. Often the word enterectomy is reserved for the sense of small bowel resection, in distinction from colectomy, which covers the sense of large bowel resection. Bowel ...
Colorectal surgery is a field in medicine dealing with disorders of the rectum, anus, and colon. [ 1] The field is also known as proctology, but this term is now used infrequently within medicine and is most often employed to identify practices relating to the anus and rectum in particular. [clarification needed] The word proctology is derived ...
Diverticulitis surgery consists of a bowel resection with or without colostomy. Either may be done by the traditional laparotomy or by laparoscopic surgery. [75] The traditional bowel resection is made using an open surgical approach, called colectomy. During a colectomy, the person is placed under general anesthesia. A surgeon performing a ...
Colonoscopy. Colonoscopy ( / ˌkɒləˈnɒskəpi /) or coloscopy ( / kəˈlɒskəpi /) [ 1] is a medical procedure involving the endoscopic examination of the large bowel (colon) and the distal portion of the small bowel. This examination is performed using either a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera, which is mounted on a flexible tube and ...
Neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) is the inability to control defecation due to a deterioration of or injury to the nervous system, resulting in faecal incontinence or constipation. [ 1] It is common in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), multiple sclerosis (MS) or spina bifida. [ 2]
47,400 together with Crohn's (2015) [ 6] Ulcerative colitis ( UC) is one of the two types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with the other type being Crohn's disease. [ 1] It is a long-term condition that results in inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum. [ 1][ 7] The primary symptoms of active disease are abdominal pain and ...