Intestinal Disorders News

WASHINGTON — Postmenopausal women who received hormone replacement therapy were at an increased risk for developing microscopic colitis, according to a presenter here.

Closing diverticula by endoscopic clipping could lead to resolution of diverticular disease, according to research published in Gut.

A small pilot study showed that the gut microbiota composition in people who used e-cigarettes was essentially the same as that of non-smokers, while tobacco smokers showed significant and potentially harmful microbial differences.

Patients who undergo elective stoma reversal are at higher risk for postoperative Clostridium difficile infection than patients undergo elective colectomy, according to new research published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum.

The use of dual-ring wound protectors during lower gastrointestinal surgery was associated with a reduced risk for surgical site infection, according to a meta-analysis published in Surgical Endoscopy.

Recently published data revealed a significant association between obesity and a higher risk for colonic diverticulosis.

Patients with nonmalignant colorectal polyps are undergoing invasive surgery at a significantly increasing rate over the past 14 years, according to research published in Gastroenterology.

Appendicitis occurred approximately seven times more frequently in the week following colonoscopy, according to study results from a large Veterans Administration cohort.

After meeting with the FDA, Citius Pharmaceuticals announced it will reformulate its investigational topical hemorrhoid treatment with a stronger corticosteroid to boost the efficacy and speed of symptom relief.

Elderly Medicare recipients were less likely to undergo minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery compared with the general population, even though those who did had better outcomes and lower costs than patients who had open surgery, according to new research published in Surgical Endoscopy.