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Colonoscopic Laxative Instillation for the Fecal-loaded Colon: A Case Series*

open access: yesJournal of Coloproctology, 2023
Context Postoperative, critically ill, and elderly patients often have fecal loading or impaction. In a few such patients, disimpaction of fecalomas and colon cleansing are difficult. Bowel obstruction, megacolon, lower gastrointestinal bleeding, and gut
Suhas D. Wagle, Aneeta S. Wagle
doaj   +1 more source

A Primary Care Approach to Constipation in Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

open access: yesAdvances in Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Constipation is a condition that is very prevalent and is reported in up to 40 percent of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Constipation in this patient population is most commonly secondary to neuromuscular abnormalities, immobility, suboptimal diet, and medication side effects. History taking is frequently limited in
Reshmi Mathew   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign Body Ingestion Followed by Appendiceal Perforation

open access: yesCase Reports in Surgery, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Background. Foreign body ingestion is very common among specific groups, especially children. However, appendicitis and perforated appendix caused by a foreign body is rare. Case summary. A 40‐year‐old female presented with abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant of 10 days duration after accidentally ingesting a drilling bit during a dental ...
Sarah Qassim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Huge fecaloma in rectum ampulla resolved with conservative treatment using a carbonated soft drink.

open access: yes, 2023
20.500.12530/87870Colonic impaction due to a fecaloma is a very frequent complication in patients with chronic constipation. Most cases respond to conservative measures such as digital disimpaction or treatment with oral laxatives and enemas. However, in
Quiñones Calvo, Marta   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Fecaloma gigante [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Médica Herediana, 2014
Marco Antonio Ayala-García   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Stercoral Perforation of the Sigmoid Colon in a Schizophrenic Patient [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Sterocoral Ulcer Associated With Huge Fecaloma [PDF]

open access: yesGastro Hep Advances
Kimitoshi Kubo   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Woman with constipation and abdominal pain

open access: yes, 2021
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2021.
Allen Quetant, Wesley Eilbert
wiley   +1 more source

Hemipelvectomia para tratamento de obstipação e megacólon em um gato com estenose do canal pélvico

open access: yesMedicina Veterinária
Entre as lesões traumáticas observadas em felinos, as fraturas pélvicas correspondem a cerca de 20% a 30% de todas as fraturas que acometem esta espécie, estando presente em 80% dos casos de constipação recorrente e em 25% dos casos de megacólon.
Rummeniggue José de Oliveira Nascimento   +6 more
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