Outlet syndrome: is there a surgical option?

Abstract

Of 46 patients investigated for constipation, 21 were found to have some other primary abnormality, leaving 25 patients for study: 6 had evidence of the outlet syndrome alone, 5 had slow transit constipation, 8 had both abnormalities and 6 had no apparent physiological disorder in the colon or rectum. Although colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis gave good results for slow transit constipation, partial pelvic floor division provided satisfactory long-term improvement in only one of the 7 patients with the outlet syndrome.

• Authors: M R Keighley, P Shouler
• Journal: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (J R Soc Med) Vol. 77 Issue 7 Pg. 559-63 (Jul 1984) ISSN: 0141-0768 [Print] England
• PMID: 6747979 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Anal Canal (physiopathology)
• Colon (diagnostic imaging)
• Constipation (physiopathology, surgery)
• Defecation
• Electromyography
• Female
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Radiography
• Syndrome