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Two Etiological Reasons of Constipation: Anterior Rectocele and Internal Mucosal Intussusception
Mehmet Abdussamet Bozkurt1, Ali Kocataş1, Mehmet Karabulut1
1Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, Tevfik Saglam Cad. No: 11, 34147 Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
Chronic constipation is a common problem in the general population. Rome III criteria can be used for the diagnosis of chronic constipation. The aim of this study is to emphasize the importance of anterior rectocele and mucosal intussusception as two etiological factors for chronic constipation. One hundred patients were included in this study after excluding other causes of the constipation by medical history, physical examination, and laboratory and radiological studies in 108 total patients who were admitted consecutively to the outpatient clinic of the general surgery department of Dr. Sadi Konuk Bakirkoy Education and Research Hospital with the complaint of constipation between June 2009 and January 2010. It was found that 75 % of these patients had anterior rectocele and 66 % of them had internal intussusception which cause chronic constsipation. Anterior rectocele and internal rectal mucosal intussusception must be kept in mind as two significant reasons for chronic functional constipation.
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