Repetitive Colonoscopic Decompression as a Bridge Therapy before Surgery in a Pregnant Patient with Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
Clinical Endoscopy
; : 591-594, 2013.
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ABSTRACT
Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare clinical syndrome which is characterized by intestinal obstruction without occluding lesions in the intestinal lumen and pregnancy is one of the important aggravating factors. Here, we report a case of a woman with intractable intestinal pseudo-obstruction that was precipitated by pregnancy. She could not make any stool passage for more than 4 weeks until a fetal gestational age of 17 weeks was reached. However, the patient could be maintained by repetitive colonoscopic decompressions and finally total colectomy could be performed successfully at a fetal gestational age of 21 weeks.
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Main subject:
Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
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Gestational Age
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Colectomy
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Decompression
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Interstitial Cells of Cajal
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Intestinal Obstruction
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Clinical Endoscopy
Year:
2013
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Article