Toward a definition of colonic inertia.
Chronic constipation is a relatively frequent symptom; among its subtypes, the so called-colonic inertia represents a disease condition that is often considered for surgery. However, to date, there has been no agreement on definition of colonic inertia, and a literature review showed that this definition was given to numerous entities that differ from each other. In this paper these concepts are reviewed and a more stringent definition of colonic inertia is proposed.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia Medical School, Italy. gabassot@tin.it
Gabrio
G
Bassotti
Giuseppe-De
GD
Roberto
Luca
L
Sediari
Antonio
A
Morelli
D002908:Chronic Disease; D003248:Constipation / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006801:Humans