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What is diverticulum?
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Abnormal hollow pouch which communicates with the lumen of structure from which it has arisen.
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What is hernia?
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Weakness in wall of peritnoeal cavity
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What is an adhesion?
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Fibrous bands develop between loops of bowel / organs + abd wall
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Intussussception
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Telescoping of proximal segment of bowel into distal segment
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Volvulous
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Twisting of a loop of bowel on its mesentery, cutting off its blood supply
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What does raised alk phos levels in a patient with ulcerative colitis signify?
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A process which is damaging bile ducts e.g. PSC
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