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Cecostomy button for antegrade enemas: survey of 29 patients.

AbstractOBJECTIVE:
This study evaluated the Trap-door button use (Cook Medical, Bloomington, IL) for antegrade enemas in children.
METHODS:
Since 2002, patients with fecal incontinence or encopresis and constipation underwent percutaneous cecostomy under laparoscopy using a button. Technical details are described. Age at surgery, operative time, hospital stay, diagnosis, indications for cecostomy, and duration of follow-up were recorded. A survey was proposed via a questionnaire that was sent to the patients. Patients wearing the button for less than 1 month were excluded from this evaluation. The survey concerned volume and frequency of enemas, difficulties encountered, benefits and disadvantages of this method, and assessment of the antegrade enemas in continence.
RESULTS:
Twenty-nine patients, 18 males and 11 females, aged 3 to 21 years (mean, 8.5 years) underwent laparoscopic Trap-door button placement. The indications for all the patients were intractable fecal incontinence in 24 cases and constipation with encopresis in 5 cases. Incontinence was because of myelomeningocele (n = 10), anorectal malformations (n = 11), caudal regression syndrome (n = 1), 22q11 syndrome (n= 1), and Hirschsprung disease with encephalopathy with convulsions (n = 1). Constipation with encopresis was because of sacrococcygeal teratoma (n = 1), cerebral palsy (n = 1), and acquired megarectum with psychiatric and social disorders (n = 3). A total of 26 cecostomy button placements and 3 sigmoidostomy button placements were successful with no intraoperative complication. The mean operative time was 25 minutes (10-40 minutes), and the hospital stay was 2.5 days (1-4 days). Twenty-two parents or patients answered the questionnaire. At the time of this survey, 2 patients had improved their fecal continence and had had the button removed. A mean of 4 weekly enemas was enough to improve fecal continence troubles (range, 1 daily to 1 for 2 weeks). The volume for enemas was 250 to 1000 mL (mean, 700 mL). The time required for the irrigation of the bowel by gravity took from 5 to 60 minutes (mean, 25 minutes) for 20 patients. Before surgery, 14 patients needed a diaper, day and night, and 6 needed sanitary protection. Soiling was a very significant inconvenience for all the patients. After surgery, only 5 patients needed a diaper (cerebral palsy, 22q11, cloacal malformation, myelomeningocele, bladder exstrophy) because of moderate results or urinary incontinence and continued soiling. Patients were asked to give an assessment (null = 0, bad = 1, fair = 2, good = 3, very good = 4). None of the patients felt there had been no changes or a bad result. There were 5 patients who felt they had an average result, 5 a good result, and 12 a very good result. The mean grade was 3.44 (17.2/20). A total of 3 patients had hypertrophic granulation tissue formation around the cecostomy button, and 12 had tiny leakage.
CONCLUSION:
Percutaneous placement of a cecostomy button under laparoscopic control is an easy and major complication-free procedure. The use of the Trap-door device by the patients or with the help of the parents for antegrade enemas is effective and satisfactory. It improves the quality of life and is reversible.
AuthorsFrançois Becmeur, Martine Demarche, Isabelle Lacreuse, Francesco Molinaro, Isabelle Kauffmann, Raphael Moog, Florence Donnars, Julie Rebeuh
JournalJournal of pediatric surgery (J Pediatr Surg) Vol. 43 Issue 10 Pg. 1853-7 (Oct 2008) ISSN: 1531-5037 [Electronic] United States
PMID18926220 (Publication Type: Evaluation Study, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Cecostomy (instrumentation, psychology)
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Colon, Sigmoid (surgery)
  • Constipation (etiology, surgery)
  • Diapers, Adult
  • Encopresis (etiology, surgery)
  • Enema (methods)
  • Enterostomy (instrumentation)
  • Equipment Design
  • Fecal Incontinence (etiology, surgery)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy (methods)
  • Male
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Prostheses and Implants
  • Quality of Life
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Time Factors
  • Young Adult

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