Constipación crónica pertinaz ¿un problema quirúrgico? / Management of chronic severe constipation
Rev. méd. Chile
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130(7): 803-808, jul. 2002. ilus, tab
Article
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RESUMO
Severe chronic constipation is defined as less than two bowel movements per week, hard stools, non productive urgency and the need of digital maneuvers in more than 25 percent of bowel evacuations. The best studied causes of chronic severe constipation are slow bowel transit constipation and pelvic floor dysfunction. However, there are mixed forms that cross link with irritable colon syndrome. The main diagnostic tests are anorrectal manometry, bowel evacuation, X-ray studies and anorrectal sphincteromyomectomy, that can be therapeutic. Five percent of patients are surgical candidates. In cases of slow bowel movement, total colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis has satisfactory results in 80 to 90 percent of patients. Some patients with pelvic floor dysfunction have an occult rectal prolapse, rectocele or sigmoidocele and obtain benefits with the correction of these conditions. The remaining patients require a training of bowel evacuation, known as biofeedback. We have performed a total colectomy in 10 patients with slow bowel movements with good functional results in 80 percent. After 56 months of follow-up, a mean 2.6 bowel movements per day is reported by the patients. Four patients were also operated due to a solitary rectal ulcer and two patients due to a sigmoidocele, with satisfactory results:
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Main subject:
Constipation
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Chile/CL
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