So, Doc, You're Gonna Take That Person's Feces and Put it Where?
It's a subject even some doctors find off-putting, but for patients with gastrointestinal ailments, like severe irritable bowel syndrome and bacterial infections, a lifesaving surgery is all they have. We're talking about fecal transplant surgery. It's exactly what it sounds like. Surgeons take the feces from a donor, typically a spouse or relative though it could be anyone, and put it in another
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