Mayo Clinic's Engineering & Therapeutics in Gastrointestinal Disease Lab is implementing microrobotics in the gastrointestinal tract using a swallowable, remote-controlled robotic capsule.

Doctors palpate the abdomen to check certain organs and feel for atypical masses or tenderness. Palpating the abdomen is often part of an abdominal physical examination. A doctor may perform a ...

Abdominal compartment syndrome happens when bleeding or swelling in your abdomen creates dangerously high pressure. This pressure can lead to multiple organ failure. Abdominal compartment syndrome is ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are among the first in the country to test to a new product to stop internal bleeding after trauma. The study is looking at a foam that ...