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Percutaneous Cecostomy Insertion - Conclusions - |
| Fecal incontinence is a difficult problem to treat. Most forms of treatment have been unsatisfactory, unsuccessful, esthetically unappealing or difficult for the child to administer without assistance. Administration of small volume antegrade enemas via a percutaneously placed cecostomy is a safe and effective alternative for the treatment of fecal incontinence with excellent patient response and acceptance and minimal complication, resulting in increased independence and mobility. In addition to the social benefits of alleviating incontinence, patients have reported decreased constipation, improved urinary bladder capacitance (with decompression of the colon and rectum), and decreased halitosis following insertion of their cecostomy tube. |
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