Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare clinical syndrome which is characterized by intestinal obstruction without occluding lesions in the intestinal lumen and pregnancy is one of the important aggravating factors. Here, we report a case of a woman with intractable intestinal pseudo-obstruction that was precipitated by pregnancy. She could not make any stool passage for more than 4 weeks until a fetal gestational age of 17 weeks was reached. However, the patient could be maintained by repetitive colonoscopic decompressions and finally total colectomy could be performed successfully at a fetal gestational age of 21 weeks. © 2013 Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
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Kim, J. S., Lee, B. I., Kim, B. W., Choi, H., Lee, Y. S., & Maeng, L. (2013). Repetitive colonoscopic decompression as a bridge therapy before surgery in a pregnant patient with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Clinical Endoscopy, 46(5), 591–594. https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2013.46.5.591
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