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Colostomy as a definitive treatment in an ALS patient with acute colonic Pseudo-obstruction refractory to medical management, a case report

BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal motor neuron disease, and ALS patients may experience disturbed gastrointestinal motility often resulting in acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO). There is currently a paucity in the literature to guide the treatment of patients with both...

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Autores principales: Liu, Guanghao, Hrabe, Jennifer, Sanchez, Rolando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9494822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36138349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-022-02893-x