The value of the abdominal radiograph in children with functional gastrointestinal disorders

Marloes E.J. Bongers, Wieger P. Voskuijl, Rick R. van Rijn, Marc A. Benninga

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Samenvatting

Functional gastrointestinal disorder is a common problem in childhood. The symptoms vary from a relative mild gastrointestinal problem such as abdominal pain or infrequent defecation to severe problems with fecal impaction and fecal incontinence. The aim of this review is to describe and evaluate the value of the different existing methods to assess fecal loading on an abdominal radiograph with or without the use of radio-opaque markers in the diagnosis of functional abdominal pain, functional constipation and functional non-retentive fecal incontinence. In our opinion, the abdominal radiograph has limited value in the diagnostic work-up of children with functional gastrointestinal disorders.

Originele taal-2Engels
Pagina's (van-tot)8-13
Aantal pagina's6
TijdschriftEuropean Journal of Radiology
Volume59
Nummer van het tijdschrift1
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - jul. 2006
Extern gepubliceerdJa

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