How to establish a successful bowel management programme in children: a tertiary paediatric centre experience.

Background: Bowel management is a term used to describe a medical approach to the management of faecal incontinence.

Aims: To present the outcomes of an individualised bowel management programme developed by a tertiary paediatric centre and evaluate contributory factors for successful bowel management in children.

Methods: A retrospective review of children attending a bowel management clinic in a tertiary centre in Dublin, Ireland, over 5 years (2010-2015).

Pyeloplasty for pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction in malrotated kidneys in children.

Purpose: Pelvi-ureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction associated with malrotated kidney is very rare. In such cases, dismembered pyeloplasty poses technical difficulties. We present our experience with management of PUJ obstruction in malrotated kidneys in children and their outcomes.