Neurogastroenterology and motility
Length of the Adult Human Colon in Health and Constipation Measured Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Faiz Alqarni, Soma Kumasaka, Caroline L Hoad, Victoria Wilkinson-Smith, Stuart Taylor, David Atkinson, Iyad Naim, Alex Menys, S Mark Scott, Marc A Benninga, Hayfa Sharif, Penny A Gowland, Moira A Taylor, Guruprasad P Aithal, Robin C Spiller
Published: 202510.1111/nmo.70215
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Quantitative data on colon length in adult chronic constipation (CC) are lacking. This study aimed to measure the length of the colon in CC, in the undisturbed state and after an osmotic laxative challenge, using magnetic resonance imagin…
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