Patients with Crohn's disease who undergo terminal ileum resection have a significantly higher risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) and colorectal polyps than those who do not undergo resection.

Intestinal bile acid absorption in the rat primarily takes place in the terminal ileum. At least two specific proteins appear to mediate this process; one of these is ASBT, which facilitates uptake of ...

The efficacy of cholestyramine as treatment for diarrhea in patients with ileal resection was examined by inpatient and outpatient trials. Ten of 12 patients having less than 100 cm of distal ileum ...