title: Constipation.
abstract: After years of relative neglect there is increased interest in colonic motor disorders such as constipation. A variety of aetiologies are being elucidated and separate clinical syndromes are now recognized. Newer specific prokinetic drugs may enable more effective treatment in the future for severely disabled patients. The outcome of surgery in these patients remains unpredictable.
authors.affiliation: St. Mark's Hospital for Diseases of the Rectum and Colon, London.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kamm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003248:Constipation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography