Severe slow-transit constipation following radical hysterectomy.
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.
Vierhout
M E
ME
Ikazia Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Schreuder
H W
HW
Veen
H F
HF
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