For the past few decades, tissue sealants and adhesives have been developed as an
alternative to sutures and staples to close and seal wounds or incisions. These materials are …

Intestinal diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) and colorectal cancer
(CRC) generally characterized by clinical symptoms, including malabsorption, intestinal …

The increased availability of genomic and metagenomic data poses challenges at multiple
analysis levels, including visualization of very large-scale microbial and microbial …

Even under the most expert care, a properly constructed intestinal anastomosis can fail to
heal, resulting in leakage of its contents, peritonitis, and sepsis. The cause of anastomotic …

Surgery involving the gastrointestinal tract continues to prove challenging because of the
persistence of unpredictable complications such as anastomotic leakage and life …

Objective The gut microbiota are the main source of infections in necrotising pancreatitis. We
investigated the effect of disruption of the intestinal microbiota by a Western-type diet on …

Anastomotic leak (AL) constitutes a significant issue in colorectal surgery, and its incidence
has remained stable over the last years. The use of intra-abdominal drain or the use of …

Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of prebiotics (containing
fructooligosaccharides, xylooligosaccharides, polydextrose, and resistant dextrin) intake on …

Background Structural change in the gut microbiota is implicated in cancer. The beneficial
modulation of the microbiota composition with probiotics and prebiotics prevents diseases …

Anastomotic leak (AL) remains a potentially life-threatening sequela of colorectal surgery
impacting on mortality, short-and long-term morbidity, quality of life, local recurrence (LR) …