Surgery for idiopathic megarectum and megacolon
โ Scribed by Giorgio Stabile; Michael A. Kamm
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 406 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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Bowel resection for idiopathic megarectum and megacolon does not always predictably relieve symptoms and has a significant morbidity. We have therefore evaluated the results of stoma formation in this condition. All patients had a bowel frequency of less than one per week, and all had a dilated rect
## Abstract Over a 16-year period 34 patients underwent surgery for idiopathic megarectum or megacolon; 18 had megarectum with or without megasigmoid, one megacolon only and 15 megarectum and total megacolon (nine with a previous colectomy). Ten patients underwent low rectal or anal anastomosis wit