title: Percutaneous cecostomy: a new technique in the management of fecal incontinence.
abstract: A pilot study on the percutaneous introduction of a cecostomy tube for colonic irrigations in the treatment of children with fecal incontinence is described. The results were good, and the technique is recommended for certain patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shandling
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Chait
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D002431:Cecostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011859:Radiography; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation