A 16-year-old boy was treated for midgut volvulus with midgut malrotation, a condition in which the intestines do not rotate ...

Weight-loss surgery dramatically outperformed GLP-1 medications in improving longevity and reducing heart, kidney, and eye complications for people with obesity and diabetes. Over 10 years, patients ...

Amid the surge in GLP-1 weight-loss medications, some have questioned whether invasive procedures like lap band, gastric sleeve and bypass surgeries could wane in popularity. Carnie Wilson, of the ...

University of Illinois veterinary students examine a Great Dane. University of Illinois veterinary students examine a Great Dane. Do you own a gentle giant … a Great Dane, Doberman pinscher, ...

“Do you wish I didn’t have the scar?” I asked my boyfriend in November 2019. I was expecting him to say “No,” an answer that would placate the uneasy feelings I had about the thick, pink, raised line ...

Andrea Pace, CVT, VTS (ECC), details symptoms of GDV in dogs, and explains why this condition is considered a surgical emergency Gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV) is a serious condition that happens ...

The following is a summary of “Comparative analysis of short-term outcomes after semielective and elective surgery for sigmoid volvulus,” published in the August 2024 issue of Surgery by Chu et al.

Small intestinal lipomatosis is a rare condition that presents a diagnostic challenge due to the absence of identifiable clinical symptoms and limitations of small intestine examination methods.

COCOA, Fla. — K9 officers not only put their lives on the line while on duty, but they are also at risk to illness and disease like their human handlers. Earlier this week, Cocoa Police Department’s ...