- Title
- Long-term effects of transabdominal electrical stimulation in treating children with slow-transit constipation
- Creator
- Leong, Leanne C. Y.; Yik, Yee Ian; Catto-Smith, Anthony G.; Robertson, Val J.; Hutson, John M.; Southwell, Bridget R.
- Relation
- Journal of Pediatric Surgery Vol. 46, Issue 12, p. 2309-2312
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.09.022
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Aims: Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) was used to treat children with slow-transit constipation (STC) for 1 to 2 months in a randomized controlled trial during 2006 to 2008. We aimed to determine long-term outcomes, hypothesizing that TES produced sustained improvement. Methods: Physiotherapists administered 1 to 2 months of TES to 39 children (20 minutes, 3 times a week). Fifteen continued to self-administer TES (30 minutes daily for more than 2 months). Mean longterm follow-up of 30 of 39 patients was conducted using questionnaire review 3.5 years (range 1.9-4.7 years) later. Outcomes were evaluated by confidence intervals or paired t test. Results: Seventy-three percent of patients perceived improvement, lasting more than 2 years in 33% and less than 6 months in 25% to 33%. Defecation frequency improved in 30%. Stools got wetter in 62% after stimulation and then drier again. Soiling improved in 75% and abdominal pain in 59%. Laxative use stopped in 52%, and 43% with appendicostomies stopped washouts. Soiling/Holschneider continence score improved in 81% (P = .0002). Timed sits switched to urge-initiated defecations in 80% patients. Eighty percent of relapsed patients elected to have home stimulation. Conclusion: TES holds promise for STC children. Improvement occurred in two thirds of children, lasting more than 2 years in one third, whereas symptoms recurred after 6 months in one third of children.
- Subject
- transabdominal electrical stimulation; chronic treatment-resistant constipation; encopresis; fecal soiling; children
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/937031
- Identifier
- uon:12475
- Identifier
- ISSN:0022-3468
- Language
- eng
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