Abstract

Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics and treatment of chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction (CIP).Methods Clinical datas of 11 CIP patients admitted to our hospital from 1992 to 2009 were reviewed retrospectively. Results There were 2 cases with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction,9 cases with chronic secondary intestinal pseudoobstruction (including 4 cases complicated with SLE,1 cases with systemic sclerosis,3 cases with diabetes mellitus,1 case with hypothyroidism.Three cases underwent operation,others accepted conservative treatment.Conclusions Clinical doctors still have no enough recognition about this disease.Operation should be avoided as far as possible.Etiological treatment should be taken into account. Key words: Intestinal pseudoobstruction; Conservative treatment; Surgical treatment

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