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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 Using Transanal Irrigation by Persons with Spinal Cord Injury.
Hultling C
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 2020 Aug;31(3):305-318. Epub 2020 Jun 2 doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2020.04.003. PMID: 32624096
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

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
Management of the Patient with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.
Ong B, Wilson JR, Henzel MK
Med Clin North Am 2020 Mar;104(2):263-278. Epub 2019 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2019.10.006. PMID: 32035568
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
Neurogenic bowel and bladder in the older adult.
Stern M
Clin Geriatr Med 2006 May;22(2):311-30; ix. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2005.12.014. PMID: 16627081

Diagnosis

Pediatric neurogenic bowel dysfunction: ICCS review document.
Kelly MS, Benninga MA, Yang SS, Franco I, Payne C, Wei CH, Rodriguez L, Beierwaltes P, Tanaka ST
J Pediatr Urol 2023 Jun;19(3):232-239. Epub 2023 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2023.01.015. PMID: 36828731
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
Neurogenic bowel dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury, myelomeningocele, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
Awad RA
World J Gastroenterol 2011 Dec 14;17(46):5035-48. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i46.5035. PMID: 22171138Free PMC Article

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
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
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
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

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 in patients with spinal cord injury, myelomeningocele, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
Awad RA
World J Gastroenterol 2011 Dec 14;17(46):5035-48. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i46.5035. PMID: 22171138Free PMC Article
Neurogenic bowel and bladder in the older adult.
Stern M
Clin Geriatr Med 2006 May;22(2):311-30; ix. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2005.12.014. PMID: 16627081

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

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
A systematic review on bowel management and the success rate of the various treatment modalities in spina bifida patients.
Velde SV, Biervliet SV, Bruyne RD, Winckel MV
Spinal Cord 2013 Dec;51(12):873-81. Epub 2013 Oct 15 doi: 10.1038/sc.2013.123. PMID: 24126852
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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