Acute colonic ileus or Ogilvie's syndrome is an acute nonmechanical colonic obstruction with an unclear pathophysiology. This motility disorder generally occurs in elderly patients with serious ...
The female rat's colonic obstruction was a consequence of the pressure induced by a distended vagina packed with caseous copulatory-like plugs of spermatozoa. We believe the rat died of multiple ...
The patient with colonic ileus typically presents with increasing abdominal distention that is associated with mild, worsening abdominal pain. There is usually cessation of bowel movements ...