conclusions this study suggested that treatment of constipation in the nursing home was unsatisfactory. to improve treatment outcomes in those susceptible to altered bowel function, a coordinated approach with involvement of physicians, nursing staff, and other professionals including dieticians and pharmacists seems necessary. results low bmi, increased fluid intake, liquid food intake, poor f...

Background: Ureteral endometriosis commonly presents with non-specific symptoms or no symptoms. Diagnostic challenges are multifactorial but essentially caused by diagnostic delay due to the silent nature of disease. Management requires a multidisciplinary approach optimise outcome. Case Report: A 29-year-old woman presented severe deep infiltrating resulting in bilateral hydronephrosis and los...

OBJECTIVE To increase our knowledge of neurological recovery and functional outcome of patients with spinal cord injuries in order to make more successful rehabilitation programmes based on realistic goals. DESIGN Descriptive analysis of data gathered in an information system. SETTING Rehabilitation centre in The Netherlands with special department for patients with spinal cord injuries. ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to validate the well-recognized outcome measure instruments (Medical Outcome Study Short Form-SF-36, Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index-WOMAC, McMaster Toronto Arthritis Patient Preference Disability Questionnaire-MACTAR) for patients who had undergone total knee arthroplasty in Iran, with its cultural and ethnic differences and com...

PURPOSE Few reports on the long-term functional outcome of colonic J-pouch reconstruction have been published, and data comparing J-pouch and straight reconstruction are contradictory. This prospective study compares the functional outcome of colonic J-pouch and straight anastomosis five years after low anterior resection for rectal cancer. METHODS Functional outcome was compared in 46 patien...

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AIM Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) is an established treatment for faecal incontinence (FI) when conservative modalities have failed to restore continence. This two-centre study aimed to document functional outcome and its relationship to patient satisfaction. METHOD Patients treated with SNS for idiopathic FI in Aarhus (Denmark) and Maastricht (The Netherlands) were included. At the most rec...