title: Outlet syndrome: is there a surgical option?
abstract: Of 46 patients investigated for constipation, 21 were found to have some other primary abnormality, leaving 25 patients for study: 6 had evidence of the outlet syndrome alone, 5 had slow transit constipation, 8 had both abnormalities and 6 had no apparent physiological disorder in the colon or rectum. Although colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis gave good results for slow transit constipation, partial pelvic floor division provided satisfactory long-term improvement in only one of the 7 patients with the outlet syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000503:physiopathology; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003248:Constipation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003672:Defecation; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome