Artificial Mini Stomach Summary

In this book there is a girl named named Isabel “ Belly” Conklin her brother Steven Conklin, her 2 “lovers” Jeremiah Fisher and Conrad Fisher, her mother Laurel Conklin, and Susannah “Beck” Fisher who is her most favorite person in the world. It all starts when Belly, Steven and Laurel are in the car driving to Cousins beach to spend the summer with Beck and her sons like they do every summer since she was born. Belly loves to be at Cousins Beach because she feels it's where she belongs and she gets to spend it with the 2 boys she loves very much. In the beginning her and her brother and mother pull into the driveway of Susannah's beach house and Conrad

Once again my mini-sub and I will be miniaturized (8 microns long) and witnessing another ‘Fantastic Voyage’ in a human body. This time I will be swallowed by George, a 55 years old man, while he is eating his meal consisting of a hamburger, French fries and a soda. I will pilot my mini-sub through George’s GI (gastrointestinal tract), which is the tube that starts with the mouth and proceeds to the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine (or colon), rectum and, finally, the anus (Pansky, 2007). Along this pathway I will describe the digestion of George’s meal and the major structures that I will encounter. Arrived to the distal

A gastric bypass weight loss program is for those who are recuperating from gastric bypass surgery to assist them to heal and alter bad eating habits. Gastric bypass surgery is among several weight-loss surgical procedures presently carried out. The operation itself has gone through several modifications through the years. The process being used today is known as the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. It should not be mistaken with other weight-loss surgical procedures, like the biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, that is a more aggressive surgery. Your physician or perhaps a registered dietitian will talk to you concerning the diet you will need to follow after surgery, explaining what kinds

It is clearly that someone who is obese is said to have a higher expense of health care, which untimely creates an economic burden to the economy. Obesity leads to many diseases. It becomes relatively expensive for health insurances and individuals to come up with the funding, especially when gastric bypass surgery is the only solution. In order to solve this problem, insurances need to cover obesity surgeries because it’s considered a disease. As insurance companies cover the individuals who are obese in the long run the cost benefit ratio will be beneficial to the nation, company, and individual. Although, insurance companies are unable to see the cost benefit outweighing the cost in the short term it will eventually occur in the long run.

Ever started gaining weight at age 10 after her mother died. She tried all sorts of diets and nothing seemed to work. After breaking a chair at a school assembly and a talk with her step-sister Brielle, Ever decided to undergo gastric bypass surgery. Some reasons for this surgery was to try out for the school play and to land a date to the school dance. A couple weeks after her surgery, she started losing a great amount of weight, but she couldn’t eat as much so she became famished all the time. People at school soon noticed her weight loss and she became very complacent with herself. Eventually, her outlook on life changed and so did her friendships. Shortly after the school year started, she got engrossed in the “popular” crowd. She soon

Being one of the most exciting and promising fields of medical research, embryonic stem cell research has progressed over the years going more in depth to discover the key to unlock the cure to many diseases. These unique individuals have the ability to copy themselves an unlimited amount of times and can grow into any cell type in the body. Scientists are seeing infinite value in these cells. They are able to further their research on the understanding of human development and how they can help treat many diseases. These embryonic stem cells give hope for medical advancement having the ability to grow into many different cells and can replace damaged or dead ones, producing new organs in the process. These cells have the ability to prevent or reduce the suffering of many people with many fatal diseases. Continuing stem cell research can further eradicate life-threatening diseases, introduce new medical knowledge, and help improve the health and appearance of burn victims.

Next, the omentum and transverse colon are “retracted cranially” which will expose the ligament of Treitz and the small bowel and mesentery are then stapled and divided at the jejunum of the stomach (Ayloo, 2014). The Roux limb of 150 cm is then bypassed into the stomach. Next, the jejunojejunal anastomosis is completed with the common enterotomy being hand-sewn in a bilayer method (Ayloo, 2014). After this, the mesenteric defect is closed to prevent the formation of internal hernias and the Roux limb is brought out “anticolic and antigastric” (Ayloo, 2014). Next the gastrojejunal anastomosis located between the pouch and the Roux limb is performed in a double-layered method. Gastrotomy and Enterotomy are performed once again. Then, the orogastric tube is placed through the anastomosis and the anterior layer is closed in a double-layered method by suture. The anastomosis is then tested for any air leakage by submerging it with fluid by irrigation and “inflating the orogastric tube with

Gastric Bypass is starting to become more and more popular in this day and age. When the procedure is done right it can cure type 2 diabetes, can lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and it takes weight off immediately.This procedure is done with permanent rerouting of the digestive system that leaves patients with a stomach pouch. It is created with staples, and detours food around the upper 20 to 60 inches of small intestine. This makes patients feel full after

Gastrointestinal presentations which include: failure to thrive leading to poor growth and development in children, steatorrhea leading to frequent greasy and bulky stools, pancreatic manifestations such as pancreatic insufficiency, recurrent acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis, intestinal defects like meconium ileus, distal intestinal obstruction syndrome and rectal prolapse and hepatic problems like prolonged neonatal jaundice (Kumar et al

1) This case study focuses on the process of scientific inquiry. How did the researchers use this process to learn about gastric ulcer disease, its causes, and its treatments?

The visualization of the small bowel has posed a challenge to gastroenterologists due to the difficulty of physically reaching more distal regions of the small bowel anatomically. As the small bowel can often be a source of pathology, endoscopy of the small bowel can be a useful diagnostic and therapeutic technique. Over the last few years’ enteroscopies has been introduced and being used widely. Various types of enteroscopies are being used; among them the most commonly used are double balloon, single balloon and spiral enteroscopies. In this dissertation, I am focusing and comparing among the three to find which one is having highest diagnostic and therapeutic benefits.

Gastroschisis is a congenital birth defect characterized by immature development of the anterior abdominal wall in utero. This rare malformation occurs in the first trimester of pregnancy and results in the development of loops of bowel, intestine, and other organs outside of the abdominal wall, typically, to the right of the umbilicus. These structures are not covered by a protective overlying sac and are exposed to air when the infant is born, potentially causing them to become irritated, inflamed, swollen, or damaged (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). It is estimated that gastroschisis occurs in approximately 1 per 5000 live births, with the prevalence increasing worldwide (Mac Bird, Robbins, Druschel, Cleves, Yang, & Hobbs,

Digestion occurs mainly in the gut, formally known as the gastrointestinal (GI) system. Organs in the GI system include the stomach, small and large intestines as well as accessory organs such as the liver, gall bladder and pancreas. Accessory organs are known to provide secretions into the GI tract. These secretions include digestive juices that enter the gut by glands, including salivary glands, gastric glands in the stomach wall, pancreas and wall of the small intestine. Gastrin is a peptide hormone that stimulates secretion of gastric acid by the parietal cells of the stomach and helps gastric motility (Dimaline and Varro, 2014). It is important due to acid production in the stomach for dissolving and digesting some foods and is essential for normal cell growth in the stomach lining, walls of small intestine and colon.

Gastric emptying study is a procedure that is done by using nuclear medicine. Physicians use radioactive chemicals that measure food emptying from the stomach. When radioactive chemicals enter the stomach it goes to the small intestine. Gastric emptying studies are used for evaluating patients who are having symptoms that may be due to slow and less commonly, rapid emptying of the stomach. Some symptoms of slow emptying are nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, with fullness after eating. The symptoms of rapid emptying are diarrhea, weakness, and lightheadedness after eating.

Lately, there is an emerging innovation whereby organs are created to form and increase in size by a process of inorganic accretion, from the patient’s cell. This field of medicine is known as the regenerative medicine. In addition to this, there are basically various types of regenerative medical