title: Surgery and constipation: when, how, yes, or no?
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. marc.levitt@cchmc.org
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Levitt
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peña
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002648:Child; D003082:Colectomy; D003106:Colon / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome