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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 Probiotics can alter the colonic microbiota and might improve bowel function. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the consumption of yogurt, enriched with Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus 4.8 × 1010 (CFU) on the symptoms of constipated pregnant women. MATERIALS AND METHODS This triple-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted on 60 constipated pr...

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...

abdominal pain or discomfort relieved by defecation or release of gases and by altered bowel habits, over a period of at least three months. No morphological or biochemical cause has been confirmed that links IBS with organic disease. The main symptoms of the syndrome, sensation of incomplete defecation, urgent need to defecate, rectal tenesmus, pain on defecation and mucorrhoea suggest viscera...