TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics.

Characteristics	Quantity (%)
Age, yr
Mean ± SD	43.61 ± 15.782
Range	16–73
Sex
Female	40
Male	49
Classification
Congenital megacolon	41 (46.1%)
Adult idiopathic megacolon	35 (39.3%)
Ganglion cell deficiency	2 (2.25%)
Toxic megacolon	3 (3.38%)
Iatrogenic megacolon	8 (7.87%)
Mental illness
With	89 (100%)
Without	0 (0%)
Systemic diseases
None	75 (84.3%)
Diabetes	2 (2.2%)
Hypertension	11 (12.4%)
Hypertension + diabetes	1 (1.1%)
Organic gastrointestinal disease
None	84 (94.4%)
Tumor	1 (1.1%)
Diverticula	4 (4.5%)
Digestive motility disorder
Without	89 (100%)
With	0 (0%)
Initial symptom
Abdominal distension	69 (77.5%)
Abdominal pain	16 (18.0%)
Diarrhea	4 (4.5%)
ASA
Class I	30 (33.7%)
Class II	50 (56.2%)
Class III	9 (10.1%)
Emergency admission	14 (15.7%)