THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC CONSTIPATION IN CHILDREN
Abstract
Therapy of chronic constipation presents certain diffi culties. Based on modern research methods and a large clinical material (3526 patients), it was shown that among patients with so-called functional constipation, anal achalasia is detected in 3.89% of children, and hypertrophy of the internal sphincter in 1.72%. The eff ectiveness of sphincterotomy of the internal sphincter of the anus has been proven, the immediate and long-term results of this operation have been studied. It was revealed that the restoration of normal defecation in patients with anal achalasia and hypertrophy of the internal sphincter of the anus, with conservative treatment, occurs in no more than 2–3% of cases, after sphincterotomy in 70–90%. However, this process is very slow, over several years.