Effectiveness of the bowel management program in children with constipation secondary to anorectal malformation

Introduction: in Mexico, approximately 1 000 children each year are born with anorectal malformation (ARM). Despite surgical correction, those children present fecal function problems (60-70% have difficult to manage constipation). A Bowel Management Program (BMP) was implemented, which consists of...

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Main Authors: Karla A. Santos Jasso, Mario Andrés De Giorgis Stuven, Alejandro Ruíz Montanez, Claudia J. Banuelos Castaneda, Luis de la Torre Mondragón
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pediatría 2014-07-01
Series:Acta Pediátrica de México
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Online Access:http://ojs.actapediatrica.org.mx/index.php/APM/article/view/1046