liquid paraffin has been suggested as a good laxative comparing to lactulose as a treatment option in pediatric constipation. this study was performed to compare liquid paraffin with lactulose in pediatric constipation. a total of 247 patients (127 males and 120 females) aged 2-12 years (mean 4.1 ± 2.7 years) with chronic functional constipation were included in an 8 week, randomized, controlle...

Materials and methods 32 over 65-years old patients underwent surgery for obstructed defecation syndrome and then observed prospectively by the Coloproctological Unit of Surgical Clinic III, S. Antonio Hospital, Padova, from 2001 to 2007. All patients were evaluated with a dedicated questionnaire: Knowles-Eccerseley-Scott score (KESS) for all patients and Obstructed Defecation score (ODS) for t...

pated male Sprague-Dawley rats that had been induced by ioperamide (2 mglkg of body weight). The preventive effect of BYC on constipation was examined and compared with that of a non-fiber diet (NF) as the contro). The dose-response of BYC and the effect on defecation by constipated experimental rats were also compared with the characteristics of cel]u]ose diet (CE) group which served as a cont...

BACKGROUND Open defecation is widely practiced in India. To improve sanitation and promote better health, the Government of India (GOI) has instituted large scale sanitation programmes supporting construction of public and institutional toilets and extending financial subsidies for poor families in rural areas for building individual household latrines. Nevertheless, many household latrines in ...

CONTEXT Since anorectocele is usually associated with mucosa prolapse and/or rectal intussusceptions, it was developed a stapled surgical technique using one circular stapler. OBJECTIVE To report the results of Transanal Repair of Rectocele and Rectal Mucosectomy with one Circular Stapler (TRREMS procedure) in the treatment of anorectocele with mucosa prolapse in a prospective multicenter tri...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship of visual analog scale (VAS) 'bother' scores for obstructed defecation (OD) with demographic data, physical examination and sonographic findings of the posterior compartment. METHODS All patients seen at a urogynecology clinic between January and October 2013 were included. Patients were diagnosed with OD if they had any of the following: incomplete bowel...

BACKGROUND The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) enzyme has a key function in the degradation of catecholamines and a functional polymorphism is val158met. The val/val genotype results in a three to fourfold higher enzymatic activity compared with the met/met genotype, with the val/met genotype exhibiting intermediate activity. Since pain syndromes as well as anxiety and depression are associ...

BACKGROUND Constipation is a frustrating symptom affecting 3% of children worldwide. Randomised controlled trials show that both polyethylene glycol and lactulose are effective in increasing defecation frequency in children with constipation. However, in 30-50%, these children reported abdominal pain, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea, nausea and bad taste of the medication. Two recent studies ha...

The effect of four days of preoperative lactulose on posthaemorrhoidectomy pain was studied in a prospective double blind randomized trial. All patients received lactulose on admission to hospital, 20 received lactulose for four days before admission, and 22 received placebo. The preoperative lactulose treatment group suffered significantly less pain on defecation for the first four days that t...

The urine-marking, defecation rates, and urine-sniffing behavior of male and female degus (Octodon degus) were recorded in an open field whose substrate was clean (Control Tests) or covered in conspecific urine (Experimental Tests). Animals were exposed to these conditions intermittently over a 3-mo period. Males urine-marked more than females. Both sexes exhibited increased levels of urine-mar...