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| A procedure in which a stoma is surgically created to the abdominal wall to allow drainage of bowel contents into a closed pouch hung outside the body |
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| A procedure in which a stoma is surgically created to the abdominal wall to allow drainage from the ileum |
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| Use of tubular fibertropic devices to look inside the GI tract and other hollow organs or cavities of the body |
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| A congenital absence or closure of a normal body orifice or tubular organ |
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| A congenital disorder in which there is no anal opening to the exterior |
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| Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis |
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| A congenital anomaly of the stomach in which the pyloric canal leading out of the stomach is greatly narrowed because of hypertrophy of the pyloric sphincter |
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| Occurs when the intestines are not in their normal positions |
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| Complete reversal of viscera of the organs in the abdomen and thorax |
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An absence of neurons in the bowel wall that prevents the normal relaxation of the colon and peristalsis, resulting in gross dilation to the point of narrowing and constriction |
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| A hereditary disorder involving increased sensitivity to the gliadin fraction of gluten, and agent found in wheat and rye products such as bread, which interferes with normal digestion and absorption of food through the small bowel |
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| The inability to digest certain carbohydrates, including lactose, because of an acquired lactase deficiency. |
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| Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease |
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| Results from incompetent cardiac sphincter allowing the backward flow of gastric acid and contents into the esophagus |
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| Backward flow of acids from stomach into esophagus, or an inflammation of the esophagus |
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| Erosion of the mucous membrane of the lower end of the esophagus, stomach, or duodenum |
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| Inflammation of the mucosal lining of the stomach and small bowel |
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| Regional Enteritis (Chron's Disease) |
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| Chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause involving any part of the gastrointestinal tract |
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| An inflammation of the vermiform appendix resultinf from an obstruction usually caused by a fecalith |
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| An inflammatory lesion of the colon mucosa |
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| Abnormally lengthened, dilated, and superficial veins in the esophagus |
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| A protrusion of a loop of bowel through a small opening, usually in the abdominal wall |
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| A weakness of the esophageal hiatus that permits some portions of the stomach to herniate into the thoracic cavity |
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| Mechanical Bowel Obstruction |
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| A blockage of the bowel lumen |
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Results from a failure of peristalsis |
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A condition in which a gallstone erodes from the gallbladder and creates a fistula to the small bowel which leads to an obstruction |
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| A twisting of a bowel loop about its mesenteric base |
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| Occurs when a segment of bowel, constricted by peristalsis, telescopes into a distal segment and is driven further into the distal bowel by peristalsis |
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A neuromuscular abnormality of the esophagus that results in failure of the lower esophageal sphincter of the distal esophagus to relax, leading to dysphagia |
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| A pouch or sac of variable size that occurs normally or is created by herniation of a mucouse membrane through a defect in its muscular coat |
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| Inflammation of a diverticulum |
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| A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle |
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