New data indicate that nonoperative surveillance after removing a malignant colorectal polyp can achieve high rates of rectal ...

Pharyngeal stimulation-induced reflexes were characterized using novel pharyngo-esophageal motility methods in 19 healthy premature neonates, studied at 34.7 ± 0.8 wk (time-1) and 39.3 ± 1.1 wk ...

New research has uncovered a possible cause of occasional urinary leaks in men fitted with an artificial urethral sphincter, suggesting that simple behavioural changes can avoid compromise of the ...

What is Artificial Urinary Sphincter? An artificial urinary sphincter is a device that prevents leaking of urine from the urinary bladder. It is placed through surgery in some patients with a ...

Researchers have built the first functional anal sphincters in the laboratory, suggesting a potential future treatment for both fecal and urinary incontinence. Researchers have built the first ...

A Richmond biotech company recently took a step forward with the first human implantation of its product. Cellf Bio makes a bioengineered sphincter muscle. The treatment helps patients with fecal ...

Another milestone for custom-crafted transplants: the world’s first lab-built sphincters. The breakthrough offers hope to countless people who have become incontinent through damage to their own ...