Colonoscopic decompression of massive nonobstructive cecal dilation
J. S. Kukora and T. L. Dent
During the past three years, six patients with massive nonobstructive cecal
dilation were treated by the surgical endoscopy service at the University
of Michigan Medical Center. Case reports are presented on the five patients
for whom decompression of the colon distention using the flexible
fiberoptic colonoscope was successful. The sixth patient for whom
nonoperative decompression was unsuccessful died following tube cecostomy.
Colonoscopy, in our hands, has been a safe and effective method of
nonoperatively decompressing the dilated cecum in seriously ill patients
with a variety of severe associated conditions.
