Causas más frecuentes de constipación en nuestro medio / More frequent causes of constipación in our means
Acta gastroenterol. latinoam
;
33(1): 23-27, 2003. tab
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: lil-356926
RESUMO
At the Digestive Motility Department on gastroenterology floor of the Hospital de Clinicas Jose de San Martin, 165 patients were evaluated due to chronic constipation, underlying the most frequent causes in our environment. The use of the present diagnostic methods is suggested following a suitable clinical orientation. The most frequent causes of constipation after this test were chronic idiopathic constipation in 112 cases (67.87 per cent) and with megarectum, megasigma and megacolon 32 cases (19.09 per cent), rectocele in 9 cases (5.45 per cent), rectal prolapse in 5 cases (3.03 per cent), enf. De Hirschprung 5 cases (3.03 per cent) and anal estenosis 2 cases (1.21 per cent).
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Constipation
Type of study:
Etiology study
Limits:
Adolescent
/
Adult
/
Aged80
/
Child
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Female
/
Humans
/
Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Argentina
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Acta gastroenterol. latinoam
Journal subject:
Gastroenterology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
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