Refractory functional constipation: clinical management or appendicostomy?

Objective: To compare the clinical evolution in patients with refractory functional constipation undergoing different therapeutic regimens: oral laxatives and antegrade enemas via appendicostomy or clinical treatment with oral laxatives and rectal enemas. Methods: Analysis of a series of 28 patients...

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Main Authors: Vanesca P.A. de Arruda, Maria A. Bellomo-Brandão, Joaquim M. Bustorff-Silva, Elizete Aparecida Lomazi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755718306053