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ANZ J Surg
October 2021
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
ANZ J Surg
March 2022
Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
J Radiol Case Rep
March 2017
Department of Surgery, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Colonic perforation due to impacted faeces or faecaloma is a relatively uncommon presentation with grave prognosis. If left untreated, it can be life threatening due to complications like faecal peritonitis. Till date, fewer than 150 cases have been reported mostly in the English surgical literature describing constipation as the most common underlying etiology.
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November 2012
Department of Pediatrics 1, "Regina Margherita" Children's Hospital, University of Turin, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza della Città di Torino, Turin, Italy.
Background: PEG-based laxatives are considered today the gold standard for the treatment of constipation in children. PEG formulations differ in terms of composition of inactive ingredients which may have an impact on acceptance, compliance and adherence to treatment. We therefore compared the efficacy, tolerability, acceptance and compliance of a new PEG-only formulation compared to a reference PEG-electrolyte (PEG-EL) formulation in resolving faecal impaction and in the treatment of chronic constipation.
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