Kumar, L;
Athanasakos, E;
Emmanuel, AV;
(2016)
Evaluation and treatment of neurogenic bowel dysfunction – a review.
European Neurological Review
, 11
(2)
pp. 109-115.
10.17925/ENR.2016.11.02.109.
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Abstract
Neurogenic bowel dysfunction is a severely troubling entity for patients with neurological disease or injury. The complex symptom cluster presents a challenge, not only for the patients but also for the treating clinician. Without intervention, patients are bound to have a reduced quality of life, and experience social impacts and secondary complications that come along with it. A careful initial assessment provides an idea of symptom severity and is crucial for successful rehabilitation. The mainstay of treatment remains a conservative approach of managing faecal incontinence or optimising the mechanics of defecation to improve patient’s quality of life. This article attempts to provide a comprehensive review of existing literature on pathophysiology, assessment and management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Evaluation and treatment of neurogenic bowel dysfunction – a review |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.17925/ENR.2016.11.02.109 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.17925/ENR.2016.11.02.109 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en |
| Keywords: | Neurogenic bowel dysfunction, bowel dysfunction, hypererflexic bowel, areflexic bowel, upper motor neuron bowel syndrome, lower motor neuron bowel syndrome |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inst for Liver and Digestive Hlth |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075454 |
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