Causas más frecuentes de constipación en nuestro medio. / [Most frequent causes of constipación in our environment]

ABSTRACT

At the Digestive Motility Department on gastroenterology floor of the [quot ]Hospital de Clinicas Jose de San Martin[quot ], 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