Liječnički vjesnik, Vol. 132 No. 1-2, 2010.
Recenzija, Prikaz slučaja
ACUTE COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION WITH COMPLICATION – CASE REPORT
TOMISLAV PEŠEK
KSENIJA PEŠEK
ZVONIMIR GLUMPAK
CVJETKO LEŽ
MARIJA ZLOJTRO
Sažetak
This case report examines the surgical treatment of megacolon and its complications in a 17-year-old male patient. He was examined in the surgical emergency unit because of severe abdominal pain and absence of stool for one week. Detailed history revealed that the patient had difficulties in defecation from the early childhood. Sphincter control was not established by the age of five. During hospitalzation as a child, the diagnosis of congenital megacolon was excluded (pathohistological examination of rectal biopsy material showed normal findings). He was followed-up regulary, had stool every four to five days and few times received laxatives to relieve constipation. The patient was hospitalized at the Department of Abdominal Surgery and primarily treated with conservative methods trying to induce intestinal peristaltics. As the patient’s condition worsened, Hartmann’s procedure was performed (sigmoid colon resection). Postoperative recovery was successful and after nine months we established colon continuity. The patient reports for check-ups without any difficulty in defecation.
Ključne riječi
Colonic pseudo-obstruction – surgery, complications; Megacolon – surgery, complications; Acute disease; Constipation – surgery; Colorectal surgery – methods
Hrčak ID:
63554
URI
Datum izdavanja:
28.2.2010.
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