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10881944

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Hysterectomy is responsible for numerous postoperative complications largely urological, but sometimes of sexual or colorectal function. The latter involve modifications of bowel function resulting in constipation as a result of delayed transit, infrequent evacuations and greater difficulty in expelling faeces. We have reviewed the topic, and consider the various hypotheses whereby these modifications may result from hormonal alterations, iatrogenic causes, or variations in recto-bladder sensitivity. Any of these could justify the modifications in bowel function detected in these patients. The studies carried out so far provide no clear information about the type of constipation that develops after hysterectomy, as we lack prospective studies that compare bowel function before and after operations. Nor is it clear whether we are dealing with constipation as a result of delayed transit or obstructed defaecation, nor which pathogenetic mechanisms are involved. In view of the large number of hysterectomies that are done, sometimes prophylactically, controlled prospective studies are warranted to address these issues more fully.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1102-4151
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
166
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
356-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Constipation after hysterectomy: fact or fiction?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, General Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, University Medical School of Bari, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article