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Complications List

Complications could include:
  • Lesion of Rectum

Complications Overview Articles

Fecal impaction
Necrosis (tissue death) or rectal tissue injury; Ulceration of the rectal tissue.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 13, 2006
Fecal Impaction Removal
Fecal impaction removal is the digital (using the finger) means of breaking up and removing a fecal impaction, or mass of hardened, clay-like stool lodged in the rectum.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health

Specific Complications Articles

Crohn's disease
Crohn's disease is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which involves ongoing (chronic) inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Crohn's-related inflammation usually affects the intestines, but may occur anywhere from the mouth to the end of the rectum (anus. See also: Ulcerative colitis
Source:ADAM
Date:February 20, 2008
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