title: [Ogilvie syndrome as a complication following extensive total abdominal hysterectomy].
abstract: Acute pseudoobstruction of the colon (Ogilvie syndrome) is a rare entity observed postoperatively or in association with various medical conditions. Appropriate therapy avoids the life-threatening complication of cecal perforation with its attendant high mortality rate of over 40%. Today colonoscopic decompression is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Gynäkologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsspital, Zürich.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schreiner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003112:Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Das Ogilvie-Syndrom als Komplikation nach erweiterter abdominaler totaler Hysterektomie.