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Open Access 01-12-2009 | Review Article

Bowel management for the treatment of pediatric fecal incontinence

Authors: Andrea Bischoff, Marc A. Levitt, Alberto Peña

Published in: Pediatric Surgery International | Issue 12/2009

Abstract

Fecal incontinence is a devastating underestimated problem, affecting a large number of individuals all over the world. Most of the available literature relates to the management of adults. The treatments proposed are not uniformly successful and have little application in the pediatric population. This paper presents the experience of 30 years, implementing a bowel management program, for the treatment of fecal incontinence in over 700 pediatric patients, with a success rate of 95%. The main characteristics of the program include the identification of the characteristics of the colon of each patient; finding the specific type of enema that will clean that colon and the radiological monitoring of the process.

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Title: Bowel management for the treatment of pediatric fecal incontinence
Authors: Andrea Bischoff
Marc A. Levitt
Alberto Peña
Publication date: 01-12-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Surgery International / Issue 12/2009
Print ISSN: 0179-0358
Electronic ISSN: 1437-9813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-009-2502-z

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