Colonic Resection in an 8-Year-Old Girl with Intractable Functional Constipation and Diffuse Colonic Dysmotility and Failed Antegrade Flushes

• Main Authors: Gabriella Danziger (Author), Thomas O. Xu (Author), Teresa Lynn Russell (Author), Laura Tiusaba (Author), Jennie Yun (Author), Marc A. Levitt (Author), Andrea Badillo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Optimal surgical management of patients with intractable constipation and diffuse colonic motility is not well defined. We present a patient with such a history, who ultimately achieved successful surgical management of constipation through a stepwise approach. An 8-year-old female presents with lon...