Intestine transplantation (intestinal transplantation, or small bowel transplantation) is the surgical replacement of the small intestine for chronic...
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term fecal microbiota transplantation. Cultured intestinal bacteria are being studied as an alternative to fecal microbiota transplant. One example is the...
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Human digestive system (section Small intestine)
gastric acid until it passes into the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. The third stage, the intestinal phase, begins in the duodenum. Here,...
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Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person (allograft). Liver transplantation...
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given for an organ to be transplanted, and payment for organs for transplantation. Other ethical issues include transplantation tourism (medical tourism)...
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A colostomy is an opening (stoma) in the large intestine (colon), or the surgical procedure that creates one. The opening is formed by drawing the healthy...
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disconnected from the upper part of the small intestine and connected to a farther part of the small intestine (ileum), creating the alimentary limb. The...
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severe complications.[citation needed] Small intestine transplantation is the rarest type of solid organ transplant. Currently, approximately half are pediatric...
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stoma (surgical opening) constructed by bringing the end or loop of small intestine (the ileum) out onto the surface of the skin, or the surgical procedure...
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"s"/"ς"-like object) is the minimally invasive medical examination of the large intestine from the rectum through to the nearest part of the colon, the sigmoid...
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