title: Polyethylene glycol solution in subgroups of chronic constipation patients: experience in obstructed defaecation.
abstract: Low doses of polyethylene glycol solutions were administered in patients with long-standing constipation and in a subgroup with severe symptoms of obstructed defaecation and in whom anorectal surgery was considered. During treatment all patients with constipation improved and nineteen of the twenty-one patients with dyschezia became asymptomatic. Only two patients were submitted to surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Italy. docbaz@alma.unibo.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bazzocchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002400:Cathartics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003248:Constipation / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D002400:Cathartics; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols