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Neurogenic bowel

MedGen UID:
151969
•Concept ID:
C0695242
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Bowel, Neurogenic; Bowels, Neurogenic; Neurogenic Bowel; Neurogenic Bowels
SNOMED CT: Neurogenic bowel (425671009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006868

Definition

Loss or absence of normal intestinal function due to nerve damage or birth defects. It is characterized by the inability to control the elimination of stool from the body. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVNeurogenic bowel

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Neurogenic bowel management for the adult spinal cord injury patient.
Stoffel JT, Van der Aa F, Wittmann D, Yande S, Elliott S
World J Urol 2018 Oct;36(10):1587-1592. Epub 2018 Jun 27 doi: 10.1007/s00345-018-2388-2. PMID: 29951791
Advanced Symptom Management in Multiple Sclerosis.
Crabtree-Hartman E
Neurol Clin 2018 Feb;36(1):197-218. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2017.08.015. PMID: 29157400
Medical and surgical management of neurogenic bowel.
Gor RA, Katorski JR, Elliott SP
Curr Opin Urol 2016 Jul;26(4):369-75. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000299. PMID: 27152922

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Congenital and Acquired Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction.
Davidson LT, Evans MC
Pediatr Clin North Am 2023 Jun;70(3):461-481. Epub 2023 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2023.01.017. PMID: 37121637
Treatments in neurogenic bowel dysfunctions: evidence reviews and clinical recommendations in adults.
Musco S, Bazzocchi G, Martellucci J, Amato MP, Manassero A, Putignano D, Lopatriello S, Cafiero D, Paoloni F, Del Popolo G
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2020 Dec;56(6):741-755. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06412-6. PMID: 32935955
Diet in neurogenic bowel management: A viewpoint on spinal cord injury.
Bernardi M, Fedullo AL, Bernardi E, Munzi D, Peluso I, Myers J, Lista FR, Sciarra T
World J Gastroenterol 2020 May 28;26(20):2479-2497. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i20.2479. PMID: 32523306Free PMC Article
Neurogenic bowel management for the adult spinal cord injury patient.
Stoffel JT, Van der Aa F, Wittmann D, Yande S, Elliott S
World J Urol 2018 Oct;36(10):1587-1592. Epub 2018 Jun 27 doi: 10.1007/s00345-018-2388-2. PMID: 29951791
Robotic-assisted laparoscopic MACE.
Zee RS, Kern NG, Herndon CDA
J Pediatr Urol 2017 Oct;13(5):525-526. Epub 2017 Jul 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2017.03.042. PMID: 28736163

Diagnosis

Multistep Testing Algorithms for Clostridioides difficile Infection.
Nicholson MR, Donskey CJ
JAMA 2023 Sep 12;330(10):966-967. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.15875. PMID: 37603324Free PMC Article
Congenital and Acquired Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction.
Davidson LT, Evans MC
Pediatr Clin North Am 2023 Jun;70(3):461-481. Epub 2023 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2023.01.017. PMID: 37121637
Recommendations for evaluation of neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction after spinal cord injury and/or disease.
Tate DG, Wheeler T, Lane GI, Forchheimer M, Anderson KD, Biering-Sorensen F, Cameron AP, Santacruz BG, Jakeman LB, Kennelly MJ, Kirshblum S, Krassioukov A, Krogh K, Mulcahey MJ, Noonan VK, Rodriguez GM, Spungen AM, Tulsky D, Post MW
J Spinal Cord Med 2020 Mar;43(2):141-164. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2019.1706033. PMID: 32105586Free PMC Article
Medical and surgical management of neurogenic bowel.
Gor RA, Katorski JR, Elliott SP
Curr Opin Urol 2016 Jul;26(4):369-75. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000299. PMID: 27152922
Neurogenic bowel.
Coggrave M, Norton C
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;110:221-8. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52901-5.00018-6. PMID: 23312643

Therapy

Medical management of anorectal malformations.
Ambartsumyan L
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2024 Jul;60 Suppl 1:S77-S84. Epub 2024 Jun 25 doi: 10.1111/apt.17897. PMID: 38924569
Effectiveness and safety of digital rectal stimulation and abdominal massage for neurogenic bowel dysfunction in stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial protocol.
Ma S, Fan X, He Y, Li C, Qu D, Man Y
Trials 2023 Oct 3;24(1):633. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07678-2. PMID: 37789378Free PMC Article
Bowel management in children with spina bifida.
Ambartsumyan L, Rodriguez L
J Pediatr Rehabil Med 2018;11(4):293-301. doi: 10.3233/PRM-170533. PMID: 30507592
Management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction.
Paris G, Gourcerol G, Leroi AM
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2011 Dec;47(4):661-76. PMID: 22222963
Neurogenic bowel dysfunction: pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and treatment.
Preziosi G, Emmanuel A
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009 Aug;3(4):417-23. doi: 10.1586/egh.09.31. PMID: 19673628

Prognosis

Congenital and Acquired Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction.
Davidson LT, Evans MC
Pediatr Clin North Am 2023 Jun;70(3):461-481. Epub 2023 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2023.01.017. PMID: 37121637
Treatments in neurogenic bowel dysfunctions: evidence reviews and clinical recommendations in adults.
Musco S, Bazzocchi G, Martellucci J, Amato MP, Manassero A, Putignano D, Lopatriello S, Cafiero D, Paoloni F, Del Popolo G
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2020 Dec;56(6):741-755. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06412-6. PMID: 32935955
Bowel management in children with spina bifida.
Ambartsumyan L, Rodriguez L
J Pediatr Rehabil Med 2018;11(4):293-301. doi: 10.3233/PRM-170533. PMID: 30507592
Medical and surgical management of neurogenic bowel.
Gor RA, Katorski JR, Elliott SP
Curr Opin Urol 2016 Jul;26(4):369-75. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000299. PMID: 27152922
Neurogenic bowel dysfunction: pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and treatment.
Preziosi G, Emmanuel A
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009 Aug;3(4):417-23. doi: 10.1586/egh.09.31. PMID: 19673628

Clinical prediction guides

Treatments in neurogenic bowel dysfunctions: evidence reviews and clinical recommendations in adults.
Musco S, Bazzocchi G, Martellucci J, Amato MP, Manassero A, Putignano D, Lopatriello S, Cafiero D, Paoloni F, Del Popolo G
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2020 Dec;56(6):741-755. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06412-6. PMID: 32935955
Recommendations for evaluation of neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction after spinal cord injury and/or disease.
Tate DG, Wheeler T, Lane GI, Forchheimer M, Anderson KD, Biering-Sorensen F, Cameron AP, Santacruz BG, Jakeman LB, Kennelly MJ, Kirshblum S, Krassioukov A, Krogh K, Mulcahey MJ, Noonan VK, Rodriguez GM, Spungen AM, Tulsky D, Post MW
J Spinal Cord Med 2020 Mar;43(2):141-164. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2019.1706033. PMID: 32105586Free PMC Article
Bowel management in children with spina bifida.
Ambartsumyan L, Rodriguez L
J Pediatr Rehabil Med 2018;11(4):293-301. doi: 10.3233/PRM-170533. PMID: 30507592
Medical and surgical management of neurogenic bowel.
Gor RA, Katorski JR, Elliott SP
Curr Opin Urol 2016 Jul;26(4):369-75. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000299. PMID: 27152922
Neurogenic bowel dysfunction: pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and treatment.
Preziosi G, Emmanuel A
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009 Aug;3(4):417-23. doi: 10.1586/egh.09.31. PMID: 19673628

Recent systematic reviews

Transanal irrigation to manage neurogenic bowel in the pediatric population with spina bifida: a scoping review.
Xavier TS, Duarte LMR, Martins G
J Pediatr (Rio J) 2023 Jul-Aug;99(4):322-334. Epub 2023 Feb 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2023.02.001. PMID: 36852756Free PMC Article
Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction: Will My Child Ever Be out of Diapers?
Johnston AW, Wiener JS, Todd Purves J
Eur Urol Focus 2020 Sep 15;6(5):838-867. Epub 2020 Jan 22 doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2020.01.003. PMID: 31982364
Patient reported outcomes measures in neurogenic bladder and bowel: A systematic review of the current literature.
Patel DP, Elliott SP, Stoffel JT, Brant WO, Hotaling JM, Myers JB
Neurourol Urodyn 2016 Jan;35(1):8-14. Epub 2014 Oct 18 doi: 10.1002/nau.22673. PMID: 25327455
Neurogenic bowel management after spinal cord injury: a systematic review of the evidence.
Krassioukov A, Eng JJ, Claxton G, Sakakibara BM, Shum S
Spinal Cord 2010 Oct;48(10):718-33. Epub 2010 Mar 9 doi: 10.1038/sc.2010.14. PMID: 20212501Free PMC Article
Transanal irrigation for disordered defecation: a systematic review.
Christensen P, Krogh K
Scand J Gastroenterol 2010 May;45(5):517-27. doi: 10.3109/00365520903583855. PMID: 20199336

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