Quick, point to your mesentery. If you aren’t quite sure where it is, or what it is, you are not alone. However, this piece of your digestive tract is getting a lot of attention lately, as some ...

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Drug delivery systems can alter drug clearance from the peritoneal cavity and drug toxicity profiles. For example, IP injection of cisplatin-loaded polymeric microspheres (100–200 µm, which releases ...

Over a century ago, when scientists were classifying the body’s organs, one was short shrifted, according to researchers who say part of the digestive system deserves to be upgraded to organ status.

The mesentery is an organ that attaches all the digestive organs in the abdomen. It connects much of the intestines to the back abdominal wall, holding them in place when a person stands upright. The ...

Peritoneal mesothelioma (MPeM) is a rare malignancy, comprising only 10% to 15% of the approximately 2,500 cases of malignant mesothelioma (MM) diagnosed in the United States each year. In the ...

MALROTATION of the bowel in the absence of mechanical obstruction is compatible with a normal life span. Volvulus of the mid-gut associated with malrotation of the bowel usually requires treatment ...

The mesentery is a continuous set of tissues located in your abdomen. It attaches your intestines to the wall of your abdomen and holds them in place. The mesentery is a continuous set of tissues ...

Who knew that you would wake up one day, only to find that you have 79 organs – rather than the 78 you went to sleep with? It didn't exactly happen this way, but the classification of the mesentery as ...

ALTHOUGH patients with mesenteric vascular occlusions are being encountered and operated upon more frequently, this disease is a rare entity in the pediatric age group. The etiology of mesenteric ...