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The Literature of Medicine |1 December 1995

Reviews and Notes: Constipation: Etiology, Evaluation and Management

David S. Greenbaum, MD

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  • Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824
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SD Wexner and DCC Bartolo; eds. 272 pages. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1995. $145.00. ISBN 0-7506-0776-9. Order phone 800-366-2665.
No recent textbook has comprehensively addressed this topic, but many gastroenterology and colorectal surgical texts do the job more succinctly. Although the editors, who are colorectal surgeons, consider the book to be multidisciplinary, most of the contributors are surgeons. This perspective is shown in various ways; for example, anismus is usually referred to as paradoxical puborectalis contraction, a misleading construct. This text is intended for colorectal and general surgeons, gastroenterologists, and, to a “certain degree,” gynecologists and psychiatrists. It is contradictory that a textbook on constipation, a common and poorly understood problem that is rarely treated surgically, should not be valuable for primary care physicians. A broader view of the subject—with less emphasis on the details of diagnostic procedures and surgery—would have significantly enhanced the book's value for internists.
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Greenbaum DS. Reviews and Notes: Constipation: Etiology, Evaluation and Management. Ann Intern Med. ;123:895–896. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-123-11-199512010-00027

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1995;123(11):895-896.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-123-11-199512010-00027

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