Symptoms of violation of the act of defecation, chronic constipation and calorification in children in pediatric surgical departments
AUTHORS : Kartashova N.V.| Petritskaya E.N. | Druzyuk E.Z. | Gotovsky M.Yu.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : MONIKI named after M.F. Vladimirsky, Center “IMEDIS”, Moscow, Russia
YEAR : 2007
The problem of modern pediatric surgery, in particular proctology, is the growing number of children with congenital bowel anomalies.Organic
changes in the large intestine include abnormalities of position, length and various mechanical obstacles (dolichosigma with various stages of decompensation,
adhesive bowel disease, tumors), hypo- and agangliosis – Hirschsprung’s disease, colonoptosis or Payr’s disease, atresia of various parts of the intestine and
anus. Most often, the main treatment for these pathologies is surgical, however, after numerous constructive operations, from 50 to 70% of children retain
symptoms of impaired bowel movements (incontinence of intestinal contents and stool retention). In addition, up to 20% of children in surgical departments do
not have obvious organic abnormalities, but many of them do not have an independent chair from birth. This category of children is conventionally referred to
as functional disorders of the intestine, under which numerous d