Colectomy is rightly viewed as a last resort in selected patients with slow-transit constipation. A new study presents US national data that raises new concerns regarding the outcome of this procedure and perhaps questions whether it should be offered at all.
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Knowles, C. Colectomy for constipation—a time for renewed caution?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 12, 675–676 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2015.191
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