Defecating Disorders: A Common Cause of Constipation in Women | Zendy

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Defecating Disorders: A Common Cause of Constipation in Women

Author(s) -

Nikoletta Dimitriou,

Vikas Shah,

Diane Stark,

Ronnie Mathew,

A. S. Miller,

Justin Yeung

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

women s health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.363

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 1745-5065

pISSN - 1745-5057

DOI - 10.2217/whe.15.25

Subject(s) - medicine , multidisciplinary approach , constipation , intensive care medicine , conservative treatment , first line treatment , first line , physical therapy , surgery , social science , chemotherapy , sociology

Defecating disorders are a common and complex problem. There are a range of anatomical and functional bowel abnormalities that can lead to this condition. Treatment is difficult and needs a multidisciplinary approach. First line treatment for defecating disorders is conservative. For those that fail conservative treatment, some may respond to surgical therapy but with variable results. The aim of this review is to offer an overview of defecating disorders as well as provide an algorithm on how to diagnose and treat them with the help of a multidisciplinary and multimodal approach.

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