title: Surgical management of constipation.
abstract: This review addresses the range of operations suggested to be of contemporary value in the treatment of constipation with critical evaluation of efficacy data, complications, patient selection, controversies and areas for future research.
authors.affiliation: Queen Mary University London, Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, UK. c.h.knowles@qmul.ac.uk
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Knowles
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Dinning
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pescatori
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rintala
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rosen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003082:Colectomy; D003248:Constipation / Q000601:surgery*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004733:Enema; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus / Q000502:physiology; D012007:Rectum / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery