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).