The Extremes of Constipation: A Case of Stercoral Perforation From Fecal Impaction in a Teenager

Stercoral perforation is a rare sequela of poorly controlled constipation that is more commonly seen in older, bedridden patients than in pediatric patients. We present the case of a 13-year-old patient requiring a divided sigmoid colostomy following rectal perforation, one of the few examples in th...

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Autores principales: Lee, Felicia, Cao, Jasmin, Lin, Evan, Kurashima, Maho, Okeke, Raymond I, Saliba, Christian, Miyata, Shin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Pediatric Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10502519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37719582
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43554

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10502519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37719582
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43554

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