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State Of The Art Bowel Management For Pediatric Colorectal Problems: Functional Constipation., Elizaveta Bokova, Wendy Jo Svetanoff, John Rosen, Marc A. Levitt, Rebecca M. Rentea
State Of The Art Bowel Management For Pediatric Colorectal Problems: Functional Constipation., Elizaveta Bokova, Wendy Jo Svetanoff, John Rosen, Marc A. Levitt, Rebecca M. Rentea
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BACKGROUND: Functional constipation (FC) affects up to 32% of the pediatric population, and some of these patients are referred to pediatric surgery units to manage their constipation and/or fecal incontinence. The aim of the current paper is to report the recent updates on the evaluation and management of children with FC as a part of a manuscript series on bowel management in patients with anorectal malformations, Hirschsprung disease, spinal anomalies, and FC.
METHODS: A literature search was performed using Medline/PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane, and EMBASE databases and focusing on the manuscripts published within the last 5-10 years.
RESULTS: The first …