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Mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) is common practice before colorectal surgery but is known to have negative side effects. Authors of an Article randomised 431 patients, comparing the outcome of colorectal resections with and without MBP.
The Lancet (Colonproctologia) - Mer, 2 Gennaio 2008
http://www.thelancet.com
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Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is an osmotic laxative used in the short-term treatment of constipation. A multicentric trial was performed, sponsored by pharmaceutical industry, in which PEG was evaluated in the long-term treatment of constipation.
MedNews (Colonproctologia) - Mer, 2 Gennaio 2008
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It is thought that one of the most frequent causes of faecal incontinence is represented by vaginal delivery. Some researchers in Oregon have monitored all women in labour during a 6-month period, to assess faecal incontinence incidence 3 and 6 months after delivery.
MedNews (Colonproctologia) - Gio, 12 Luglio 2007
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NICE and the National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care have issued a guideline on the care and treatment of adults with faecal incontinence.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Colonproctologia) - Mer, 27 Giugno 2007
http://www.nice.org.uk
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According to some experimental data, it seems that calcium has anti-cancer effects on colorectal mucosa: in a randomized study published in 1999, 930 patients with recently removed colorectal adenomas had been treated with a daily supplementation of 1,2 g of calcium or placebo for 4 years.
MedNews (Colonproctologia) - Mer, 27 Giugno 2007
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In case of intestinal bleeding for unknown cause, the use of capsule vide-endoscopy is spreading. In this retrospective review performed in Arizona, results obtained through 206 video-capsule endoscopies performed on patients presenting intestinal bleeding.
MedNews (Colonproctologia) - Ven, 8 Giugno 2007
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Since treatment of the baby’s colics is always full of problems, some Italian authors have performed a not blind randomized study, treating 83 breast-fed babies presenting colics (more than three hours of daily cry for more than 3 days a week) through a probiotic (Lactobacillus Reuteri: 5 drops once a day 30 minutes after breastfeeding or through dimeticone (15 drops twice a day, always beastfeeding), for 28 days.
MedNews (Colonproctologia) - Mar, 29 Maggio 2007
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) probably represents the commonest intestinal disease for which patients go to the general practitioner and can be worsened by a bacterial intestinal overgrowth.
MedNews (Colonproctologia) - Mer, 21 Marzo 2007
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In this study, six patients received a diagnosis of antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis and were negative for Clostridium difficile; five were positive for K. oxytoca. In a rat model, treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanate plus inoculation with K. oxytoca resulted in hemorrhagic colitis, showing that K. oxytoca can cause antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis.
New England Journal of Medicine (Colonproctologia) - Mer, 13 Dicembre 2006
http://www.nejm.org
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Since cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) has a strong expression in adenomatous polyps of colon and rectum, theoretically his selective inhibition could be a form of prevention of their development.
MedNews (Colonproctologia) - Ven, 24 Novembre 2006
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