title: [Most frequent causes of constipación in our environment].
abstract: At the Digestive Motility Department on gastroenterology floor of the "Hospital de Clinicas Jose de San Martin", 165 patients were evaluated due to chronic constipation, underlying the most frequent causes in our environment. The use of the present diagnostic methods is suggested following a suitable clinical orientation. The most frequent causes of constipation after this test were: chronic idiopathic constipation in 112 cases (67.87%) and with megarectum, megasigma and megacolon 32 cases (19.09%), rectocele in 9 cases (5.45%), rectal prolapse in 5 cases (3.03%), enf. De Hirschprung 5 cases (3.03%) and anal estenosis 2 cases (1.21%).
authors.affiliation: Sección motilidad digestiva, División Gastroenterología, Htal. de Clínicas José de San Martín. centromedicomyo@arnet.com.ar
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Curi
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Genoud
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001118:Argentina; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged