title: Severe slow-transit constipation following radical hysterectomy.
abstract: Two patients with severe invalidating "slow-transit constipation" after radical hysterectomy are described. Both underwent a left-sided hemicolectomy with dramatic improvement of their symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Ikazia Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Vierhout
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Schreuder
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Veen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy; D003248:Constipation / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008875:Middle Aged