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Prevention Minimally invasive surgical approaches have reduced risks of POI for many operations. ...

Prognosis Prognosis is poor – sometimes considered the ‘motor neurone disease’ of the gut. Infan...

Learning objectives To recognise and understand: The spectrum of intestinal disorders resulting f...

Management Ileus may be managed by nasogastric drainage and restriction of oral intake until the...

NEUROMUSCULAR STATES OF THE LARGE INTESTINE WITH DILATATION: ACUTE COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION Defi...

Diagnosis CT scanning is frequently required to exclude both mechanical obstruction and any loca...

FURTHER READING Bharucha A, Knowles CH. Chronic constipation. In: Sagar PM, Hill AG, Knowles CH e...

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Irritable bowel syndrome Surgery has no role in treating IBS. Nevertheless, patients with chronic...

Constipation Definitions ‘Constipation’ is not a disease but rather a term often used by patients ...

Diagnosis and management Megarectum may present with a mass the size of a full-term baby ( Figur...

Causes of megacolon and megarectum Primary and secondary causes ( Table 73.4 ) vary between megar...

Causes IPO is a rare disease. Approximately half of cases arise shortly after birth or in infan...

Clinical features Symptoms include abdominal distension and vomiting akin to mechanical small bow...

CHRONIC IMPAIRMENT OF INTESTINAL MOTILITY WITH DILATATION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE: INTESTINAL PSEU...

CHRONIC IMPAIRMENT OF INTESTINAL MOTILITY WITHOUT DILATATION Constipation and IBS are very common...

Causes and risk factors The risk factors for ileus are listed in Summary box 73.3 Postoperative i...

ACUTE ADYNAMIC NEUROMUSCULAR STATES OF THE SMALL INTESTINE WITH DILATATION: ILEUS Definition Ileus...

APPLIED ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY The intestine must subserve basic functions of moving contents fr...

pancreas This sometimes accompanies congenital disease of the kidneys and liver and occurs as pa...