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

Carlos Zaslavsky, Themis Reverbel da Silveira, Ismael Maguilnik

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition · 1998 · 89 citations · 30 references

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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).

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