The Pediatric Bowel Management Clinic in children with severe chronic constipation. Personal experience.
The multifactorial nature of functional constipation in children suggests that a multidisciplinary management approach may be effective and leads to both patients and parents' satisfaction and significant short term improvement. The authors describe their experience with the study and treatment of children with severe chronic constipation in a newly-created Pediatric Bowel Management Clinic (BMC). Further studies will examine the long-term impact of the clinic.
Fabbro
M A
MA
Vicenza Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Department, Italia.
D'Agostino
S
S
Romanini
M V
MV
Cracco
A
A
Musi
L
L
Pigato
E
E
Costantini
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003248:Constipation / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index