Perforation in a patient with stercoral colitis and diverticulosis: who did it? [PDF]
, 2014 Stercoral colitis with perforation of the colon is an uncommon, yet life-threatening cause of the acute abdomen. No one defining symptom exists for stercoral colitis; it may present asymptomatically or with vague symptoms.
Aaron Gottesman +7 more
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Clinical and radiological postoperative evaluation of posterior sagittal anorectoplasty in patients with upper and intermediate anorectal malformations [PDF]
, 1997 The PSARP is today the most-used surgical technique for correction of high and intermediary anorectal malformations.There is much controversy in the literature about the post-operative evaluation of these cases.
Lederman, Henrique Manoel +2 more
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A bizarre foreign body in the appendix: A case report [PDF]
, 2013 Foreign bodies are rare causes of appendicitis and, in most cases, ingested foreign bodies pass through the alimentary tract asymptomatically. However, ingested foreign bodies may sometimes remain silent within the appendix for many years without an ...
Antonacci, N +5 more
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Stercoraceous perforation, rare but potentially fatal cause: case report [PDF]
, 2023 Stercoraceous perforation is an infrequent pathology but with high mortality rates, it is increasingly recognized as a consequence of chronic constipation, it occurs in elderly people, the diagnosis is a surgical challenge, sudden abdominal pain is the ...
Alvarez Rojas, Andres Felipe +3 more
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Indian Journal of Surgery, 2012 Fecalomas represent firm organized form of impacted feces. They are commonly seen in sigmoid colon. We report a case of large fecaloma in young adult female with chronic constipation, which was managed conservatively.
Senthil Kumar, Aiyappan +4 more
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Effects of conventional treatment of chronic functional constipation on total and segmental colonic and orocecal transit times [PDF]
, 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of conventional treatment of chronic functional constipation on total and segmental colonic transit times and on orocecal transit time.
Morais, Mauro Batista de +2 more
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Woman with constipation and abdominal pain
, 2021 Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2021.
Allen Quetant, Wesley Eilbert
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Stercoral Perforation of the Sigmoid Colon in a Schizophrenic Patient [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Stercoral perforation of the colon is a life threatening condition, due to pressure necrosis by hard fecaloma which, are commonly found in chronic constipated patients. We report the case of a 45-year-old schizophrenic woman, under psychiatric treatment
Shiv Kumar Bunkar +2 more
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Anal manometric evaluation of children with encopresis [PDF]
, 2010 INTRODUÇÃO: A constipação crônica é doença comum na infância, ocorrendo em 5 a 10% dos pacientes pediátricos, considerada a segunda maior causa de procura nos consultórios de pediatria, sendo a encoprese decorrente de constipação grave associada à ...
BARBIERI, Dorina +6 more
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Propuesta de una herramienta de evaluación de la salud del anciano institucionalizado basado en lo concepto del Conjunto de Datos Esenciales de Enfermería [PDF]
, 2009 This article aims at presenting a health evaluation tool for the institutionalized aged developed under the concepts of the Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) divided in two sections: identification and health evaluation.
Marin, Heimar de Fatima +1 more
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