Colchicine for persistent constipation after total abdominal colectomy with ileorectostomy for colonic inertia

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-84

  Rajapakse, Ramona ^a   Warman, Jonathan ^a   Korelitz, Burton I ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Colonic inertia; Total abdominal colectomy

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; COLCHICINE; COLYTE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; COLON MOTILITY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PARESIS; SYMPTOM; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLCHICINE; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; CONSTIPATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROLYTES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; ILEUM; MALE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0034953247     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200107000-00022     Document Type: Article

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