title: Colon decompression--do we accomplish what we intend?
authors.affiliation: Section of Gastroenterology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D002432:Cecum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003112:Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D020685:Colonoscopes; D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies