A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Surgical treatment of chagasic megacolon has suffered innumerable transformations over the years. Anatomical and physiological changes in pelvic diaphragm. Ian breathing restricted and acute thoracic pain fixed by gonstead chiropractic duration. Motilidade do colon sigmoide e do reto contribuicao a fisiopatologia do megacolo chagasico.
Anatomical and physiological changes in pelvic diaphragm in. Megacolon is an abnormal dilation of the colon that can be caused by several factors. Megacolon megacolon aumento do diametro dos diversos segmentos do colon, causado por uma denervacao autonomica intramural. The chi square and the exact fischer tests were employed for. Poor knowledge of the disease physiopathology is one of the reasons. Chagas disease, caused by trypanosoma cruzi, is an important cause of morbidity in many countries in latin america. The important modes of transmission are by the bite of the reduviid bug and blood transfusion. Megacolon, the most common complication of intestinal trypanosomiasis, results in severe constipation, for which surgery is indicated. Critical analysis of outcome in operative methods recurrence of postsurgery intestinal constipation was compared between the diverse elective surgical techniques through the chi square test with p. From january 1977 to december 2003, 430 patients were submitted to surgical treatment for chagasic megacolon.
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