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Colonic pseudo-obstruction following acute pancreatitis
S H Teh1, D S O'Riordain, P R O'Connell
1Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.
Irish Journal of Medical Science
|April 16, 1998
Abstract:
The purpose of this case presentation is to illustrate the rate association between acute pancreatitis and colonic pseudo-obstruction and to highlight the difficulties of assessing intestinal motility in a defunctioned segment of bowel prior to closure of a defunctioning stoma.