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Is there a high occurrence of bowel perforation in adults with spina bifida? What could be the cause/effect of this?
My daughter, age 29, recently had large bowel perforation and consequent infection. She is spina bifida at T7 level. She has been hospitalized for 8 days and source of problem has yet to be determined. She has had a conservative diet all her life. She had a cecostomy performed 10 years ago and has had bowel maintenance via fleet enemas every other day through the cecostomy. This has worked great. Any suggestions of possible cause/effect of perforation or reports of high incidence in spina bifida greatly appreciated.
asked Apr 12, 2010 at 06:47AM in Other
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0Votesanswered Apr 12, 2010 at 11:00AMHere's a pretty comprehensive article on Medpedia to get you started: http://wiki.medpedia.com/Spina_Bifida
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