Clinical significance of small bowel manometry patterns suggestive of intestinal obstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Minute rhythm and prolonged simultaneous contractions are patterns of postprandial small bowel contractile activity that historically have been considered as suggestive of mechanical intestinal obstruction; however, these patterns have been also encountered in patients with motility-like symptoms in the absence of bowel obstruction. The objective of this study was to determine the current diagnostic outcome of patients with these intestinal manometry patterns.

Methods

Retrospective study of patients with chronic digestive symptoms evaluated by intestinal manometry at our center between 2010 and 2018.

Results

The minute rhythm (MRP) or prolonged simultaneous contractions (PSC) postprandial patterns were detected in 61 of 488 patients (55 MRP and 6 PSC). Cl

SUBMITTER: Alcala-Gonzalez LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078417 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature