Posts Tagged "bowel blockage"

Small Bowel Obstruction

Posted by Dr. Buck on Oct 4, 2011 in Diagnosis | 1 comment

Hi, this is Dr. Buck Parker, MD,  General Surgeon. In this post I want to talk about bowel obstructions. Often I see patients who come into the emergency department with a bowel obstruction and don’t quite understand what this is or how it happens.  These are a couple of things I want to clear up in this post. First, what do I mean by a “Small Bowel Obstruction”.  Well, lets first start with a little anatomy.  The “Gastro-intestinal tract” or “GI tract”, is basically a long muscular tube that goes from your mouth to the anus.  It’s the...