Total and Segmental Colonic Transit Time with Radio-Opaque Markers in Adolescents with Functional Constipation

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Authors

Carlos Zaslavsky · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Themis Reverbel da Silveira · Riverkeeper

Ismael Maguilnik · RELX Group (Netherlands)

Abstract

The measurement of total and segmental colonic transit times is a simple method that allows one to distinguish constipation due to colonic dysfunction (right colon and left colon) from constipation due to distal obstruction (rectosigmoid).

Topics & Keywords

Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies Diet and metabolism studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volume 27, Issue 2, pp. 138-142

DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199808000-00002

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