Surgical interventions for pancreatic disease are being increasingly performed worldwide. These procedures are time-consuming, extremely delicate, and are sometimes associated with important morbidity ...

In intussusception, usually a part of the small intestine invaginates (folds into) into another section of intestine. It is like part of a collapsible tubular telescope of a camera that retract into ...

Q: Why is rapid diagnosis of intussusception important? A: Yes. Because, if not diagnosed and treated early it can lead to complications like rupture of bowel, gangrene, peritonitis, sepsis and shock.

Intussusception risk still up with rotavirus vax Intussusception risk is slightly higher in post-licensure studies than previously reported, but not enough to change clinical practice. HealthDay News ...

Death - intussusception is a ‘telescoping’ type phenomenon whereby one segment of bowel (intussusceptum) passes or invaginates inside an adjacent distal segment (intussuscipiens).This process results ...

Concerns have been raised that rapid diagnosis and treatment of intussusception, an abdominal emergency that primarily affects infants and young children, are not being adequately provided. On July 9, ...

The rotavirus vaccine does not provide sterilizing immunity or lifetime immunity, unlike the measles vaccine and several other childhood immunizations. However, by preventing primary infections in ...

Since licensure in 2006, the rotavirus vaccines, RV5 (pentavalent bovine-human reassortant vaccine, Rotateq, Merck) and RV1 (attenuated monovalent human rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix, GSK Biologicals), ...

The illustrative figure (Figure 1A of the article) in the Case Record involving a 10-month-old girl with vomiting and episodes of unresponsiveness (April 19 issue) 1 is incorrect because it depicts an ...