Evidence to support the assertion that epidural analgesia increases the risk of anastomotic breakdown following bowel surgery is lacking.

Anita Maloney died at the age of 59 shortly after she had bowel surgery, according to court papers.

No patient had a coexisting medical complaint likely to affect bile acid metabolism nor had any undergone previous bowel surgery other than appendicectomy.

Gussenbauer's suture: A figure-of-8 suture used in bowel surgery.

The cause was complications from bowel surgery, a friend, David Reid, said.

By that point he had already had several bowel surgeries to remove sections which were obstructing his small intestine.

In 2001 Standfest underwent bowel surgery and a tumor was taken away.

Patients who have had a bowel obstruction or have undergone bowel surgery (for example, a colostomy) should not eat a high-fiber diet.

Pouchitis is an inflammation that can occur after bowel surgery for severe ulcerative colitis.

In 1990, doctors started using a laparoscope, an instrument used primarily to treat gynecological problems and gallbladder disease, to perform certain types of bowel surgery.