Dynamic scanning defines a colonic defect in severe idiopathic constipation.

Discriminant value of psychological distress, symptom profiles, and segmental colonic dysfunction in outpatients with severe idiopathic constipation.

Severe idiopathic constipation can be categorised based on physiological testing into subgroups including slow transit constipation and pelvic floor dysfunction. This study aimed to determine if colonic and psychological symptoms, or rectosigmoid transit times, could discriminate among these subgroups. Patients, categorised according to total colonic transit times and pelvic floor function test...

Causes of idiopathic constipation in Thai patients: associations between the causes and constipation symptoms as defined in the Rome II criteria.

UNLABELLED The authors investigated 103 consecutive Thai patients (29M, 74F age 50 +/- 20) with chronic idiopathic constipation (symptom duration; median 5 yr, range 0.25-45 yr) as defined by Rome II criteria using colonic transit test, anorectal manometry, and balloon expulsion tests. Constipation symptoms were evaluated by a questionnaire. RESULTS There were 30, 14, 11, and 48 patients who ...

University of Groningen Value of Abdominal Radiography, Colonic Transit Time, and Rectal Ultrasound Scanning in the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Constipation in Children

Biological valves (seromiotomy) for treatment of clinically intractable diarrhea post total colectomy due to colonic inertia.

The colonic inertia is a cause of severe chronic constipation, causing slow intestinal transit in the whole extension of the large intestine. This disorder is still poorly understood, the pathophysiology has not been defined and there is disabled access to propaedeutics. It occurs more in women and is associated with improper diet, sedentary lifestyle, drugs, endocrine and metabolic alterations...

Measurement of Colonic Transit Time Based on Radio Opaque Markers in Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Constipation; A Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND Constipation is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders particularly in industrialized countries. Incidence of constipation varies from 3.4 % to 27.2% in different societies. Increase in urban population, industrialization of communities, changes in behavioral and nutritional habits and inactivity have increased the number of patients suffering from constipation. OBJECTIV...