Thoracic kidney with report of a case

✍ Scribed by A. T. S. Paul; C. G. Uragoda; F. L. W. Jayewardene

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1960
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 308 KB
• Volume: 47
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.18004720411

✦ Synopsis

was considerabiy hypertrophied in all Cases. Whether the lack of any muscular response to the intraarterial injections of nicotine in two of the cases represented a loss of all power of contraction is uncertain, but it seems unlikely that adequate function could have been restored to the deformed Three elderly psychotic patients suffering from intestinal obstruction as a result of volvulus of acquired megacolon were treated by resection of the pelvic colon with favourable results. The pathology and aetiology of the condition are discussed. segments of colon resected. Ehrentheil and Wells favour medical rather than surgical treatment, and we do not advocate an early recourse to surgery without qualification, but the operation was successful in breaking a vicious circle of dysfunction and structural change in our cases. The main danger of the condition is recurrent volvulus with intestinal obstruction in the pelvic portion of the dilated colon.

in chronic constipation and the chances of successful surgical treatment should be fully recognized in the care of psychotics.