background: constipation is a common problem in children and most of them are idiopathic or functional. only a few percent of constipations may relate to hirschsprung disease (hd) and may need to rectal biopsy for diagnosis. now a day, most of these children referred to the pediatric surgeon for rectal biopsy to rule out of hd. with regard to complication, emotional effect, spending time and th...

AIM To identify personality dimensions of mothers with a constipated child and compare it with those mothers of children without defecation problems. METHODS We compared mothers of 150 children with functional constipation to mothers of 150 children with no such a problem attending to pediatric hospital of Tabriz University of medical sciences. Personality dimensions were evaluated by NEO fiv...

BACKGROUND Prevalence studies estimate that chronic constipation affects 12%-19% of Americans. This prevalence rate exceeds that of many highly publicized chronic conditions, including diabetes and asthma. Identifying the etiology of each patient's constipation is essential for determining treatment and management plans. The etiology of chronic constipation falls into 2 broad categories: primar...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this review is to assess the effectiveness, efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological therapies for patients with functional constipation. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We will electronically search OVID MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane library, CINAHL, AMED and ISI web of knowledge without any language restrictions. We will also try to obtain literatures from other sources, such as ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Knowledge regarding prognosis and factors influencing the clinical course of functional constipation in children is important to enable general practitioners and paediatricians to give accurate patient information, to compare treatment strategies, and identify children with high risk for unfavourable outcome. The objective of the study was to investigate and summarize the qua...

BACKGROUND Measurement of colonic transit time (CTT) is sometimes used in the evaluation of patients with chronic constipation. AIM To investigate the relation between symptoms and CTT, and to assess the importance of symptoms and CTT in predicting outcome. METHODS Between 1995 and 2000, 169 consecutive patients (median age 8.4 years, 65% boys) fulfilling the criteria for constipation were ...