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Foreign Bodies, Rectum (Emergency Medicine)The treatment of rectal foreign bodies has been discussed in the medical literature for many years.1 Controlled studies of patients with rectal foreign ...
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Foreign Body Removal, Rectum (Clinical Procedures)Anorectal foreign bodies are usually inserted transanally for sexual or medicinal purposes. Rectal foreign bodies may also be observed with body ...
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Pneumatosis Intestinalis of the Sigmoid Colon Secondary to Repetitive Injury to the Rectum From the Insertion of Foreign BodiesForeign bodies in the rectum are presented in a mentally disabled 25-year-old woman with a history of repeated rectal injury secondary to foreign body ...
Journal Article, Applied Radiology, August 2007
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Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies (Pediatrics: General Medicine)Foreign bodies in the air and food passages are the sixth most common cause of accidental death in the United States. In the pediatric population, toddlers ...
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Rectal Prolapse (General Surgery)Rectal prolapse was described as early as 1500 BC. Problem Three different clinical entities are often combined and called rectal prolapse: full-thickness ...
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Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral: A Collection of Abdominal and Alimentary Foreign BodiesReview cases of foreign bodies introduced through ingestion, percutaneously, rectally, or iatrogenically -- either deliberately or by mishap.
Journal Article, Applied Radiology, November 2000
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Herniated Nucleus Pulposus (Orthopedic Surgery)Function The intervertebral disk is the largest avascular structure in the body. It arises from notochordal cells between the cartilaginous endplates, ...
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Peptostreptococcus Infection (Infectious Diseases)include various clinically significant species of the genus Peptostreptococcus.1Peptostreptococcus infections can occur in all body sites, including ... ...
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Conus Medullaris and Cauda Equina Syndrome as a Result of Traumatic Injuries: Management Principlespain, unilateral or bilateral leg pain, paresthesias and weakness, perineum or saddle anesthesia, and rectal and/or urinary incontinence or dysfunction. ...
Journal Article, Neurosurg Focus, June 2004
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Clinical Clues to Diagnosis of Anaerobic Infections
Trauma, foreign bodies, malignancy, surgery, edema, shock, colitis, and vascular disease may all serve as predisposing factors to anaerobic infections.
Journal Article, December 2004
