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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 1, 2004; 10(17): 2465-2467
Published online Sep 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i17.2465
Published online Sep 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i17.2465
Toward a definition of colonic inertia
Gabrio Bassotti, Giuseppe de Roberto, Luca Sediari, Antonio Morelli, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia Medical School, Perugia 06131, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr Gabrio Bassotti, Strada del Cimitero, 2/a, 06131 San Marco Perugia, Italy. gabassot@tin.it
Fax: +39-75-584-7570
Received: February 2, 2004
Revised: February 4, 2004
Accepted: February 24, 2004
Published online: September 1, 2004
Revised: February 4, 2004
Accepted: February 24, 2004
Published online: September 1, 2004
Abstract
Chronic constipation is a relatively frequent symptom; among its subtypes, the so called-colonic inertia represents a disease condition that is often considered for surgery. However, to date, there has been no agreement on definition of colonic inertia, and a literature review showed that this definition was given to numerous entities that differ from each other. In this paper these concepts are reviewed and a more stringent definition of colonic inertia is proposed.
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