A case report of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome with mitral valve prolapse syndrome.

Japanese clinical practice guidelines for allied disorders of Hirschsprung's disease, 2017

“…In one case remission from the symptoms of bowel obstruction was reportedly achieved and nasogastric tube and enteral nutrition was enabled, but the symptoms of bowel obstruction recurred . With regard to the use of an ileus tube, one patient had marked improvement of abdominal distension and abdominal pain, but there have been some cases in which ileus tubes proved ineffective and in which intestinal dilatation showed no improvement . There have been cases in which the oral intake was enabled by intestinal lavage and continuous decompression through enterostomy, in which high jejunostomy temporarily improved the symptoms of bowel obstruction and enabled a small amount of oral intake, and in which ileostomy was reported to be effective .…”