BACKGROUND The surgical treatment for obesity promotes massive weight loss and early improvement in co-morbid conditions such as type-2 diabetes. Because surgically mediated glycemic improvements are immediate, the mechanisms involved appear to be weight loss independent. Ileal interposition has been used to gain understanding of the relative role that the lower intestine plays in mediating met...

Barnett Continent Ileal Reservoir is rarely performed in patients with ulcerative colitis who require colectomy. Prepouch ileitis occasionally occurs ileal pouches. The role of oral mesalamine the treatment prepouch has not been established. We describe a case which was successfully treated mesalamine. This first literature showing that safe and effective patient continent ileostomy.

In ruminant animals, endogenous N (EN) secretions contribute to meeting the N requirement of the ruminal microflora. The EN also constitutes a sizable portion of the duodenal N flow, which might be available to the host animal. Most measures of EN have been accomplished with highly invasive techniques or unusual semisynthetic diets. By utilizing a statistical approach and data obtained from stu...

probiotic products highly affect the health of consumers by reducing the risk of heart attacks and improving the desirable microflora in the intestinal tract. in this study the effect of yogurt (500g/d for 3 wk) enriched with either bifidobacterium bifidum or lactobacillus acidophilus on the level of cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (ldl) and high density lipoprotein (hdl) of serum and ...

One of the methods combating unwanted microflora is use antibiotics, however, along with positive properties, they have a number significant disadvantages, in particular, detrimental effect both pathogenic and beneficial intestinal microflora. In this regard, there an urgent need to replace antibiotics safer substances, which increasingly include probiotics. The mechanism action probiotics sele...

INTRODUCTION Enteroliths are an uncommon entity in humans and form a rare cause of subacute intestinal obstruction. They occur proximal to stricture or in a diverticulum or a blind loop due to stasis. CASE DESCRIPTION 40 years male presenting with intermittent right lower abdominal pain since 1 year. Barium meal follow-through and CT abdomen diagnosed as a case of subacute intestinal obstruct...

Red raspberries contain principally anthocyanins and ellagitannins. After ingestion of raspberries by humans, trace levels of anthocyanins, absorbed in the upper gastrointestinal tract, are excreted in urine in amounts corresponding to <0.1% of intake. Urine also contains urolithin-O-glucuronides derived from colonic metabolism of the ellagitannins. Raspberry feedings with ileostomists show tha...

Background: Ileal ureter replacement is a selective technique for ureteral reconstruction without being limited by the defect length. This study aim to present the techniques, experiences, and outcomes related to ileal ureter replacement among patients in a multicenter in China. Methods: A multicenter retrospective study of patients with long ureteral defects who underwent ileal ureter replacem...