 Megacolon
"Megacolon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Dilatation of the COLON, often to alarming dimensions. There are various types of megacolon including congenital megacolon in HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE, idiopathic megacolon in CONSTIPATION, and TOXIC MEGACOLON.
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D008531
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.469.158.701
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Megacolon" by people in Profiles.
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Dom?nguez-Mu?oz A, Bischoff A, Wehrli LA, Judd-Glossy L, Schneider L, Merritt A, Wickham M, Ketzer J, Rodriguez V, Pe?a A, De La Torre L. Radiologically supervised bowel management program outcome in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation. Pediatr Surg Int. 2023 Jul 10; 39(1):229.
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De la Torre L, Cogley K, Cabrera-Hern?ndez MA, Frias-Mantilla JE, Wehrli LA. Transanal proximal rectosigmoidectomy. A new operation for severe chronic idiopathic constipation associated with megarectosigmoid. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Nov; 54(11):2311-2317.
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De La Torre L, Cogley K, Calisto J, Nace G, Correa C. Primary sigmoidectomy and appendicostomy for chronic idiopathic constipation. Pediatr Surg Int. 2016 Aug; 32(8):767-72.
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Eradi B, Hamrick M, Bischoff A, Frischer JS, Helmrath M, Hall J, Pe?a A, Levitt MA. The role of a colon resection in combination with a Malone appendicostomy as part of a bowel management program for the treatment of fecal incontinence. J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Nov; 48(11):2296-300.
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