Anal plugs and retrograde colonic irrigation are helpful in fecal incontinence or constipation

Table 1 Patients treated with anal plugs or RCI and response to questionaire n (%)

	Anal plugs		RCI		Total
	n	Response	n	Response	n	Response
Adults	14	8 (57)	79	40 (51)	93	46 (49)
Children (< 18 yr)	16	7 (44)	92	48 (52)	108	55 (51)
Total	30	15 (50)	171	88 (51)	201	101 (50)

RCI: retrograde colonic irrigation.

Table 2 Demographics and actual use of retrograde colonic irrigation in adult patients n (%)

	Fecal incontinence	Constipation	P
Total	28	12
Age (yr)	42	46
Female /male	23/5	9/3
Urological problems	15 (54)	6 (50)
Gynaecological problems	3 (11)	3 (25)
Neurological disease	11 (39)	3 (25)
- Spinal bifida	4	2
- Multiple sclerosis	2	1
- Spinal injury	3	0
Anal atresia	2	0
Impact complaints social life	16 (64)	8 (67)
Actual using RCI	20 (71)	5 (42)	0.09
Therapy satisfaction all patients	23 (82)	6 (50)	0.056
Therapy satisfaction among actual users	19 (95)	3 (60)	0.7

No significant differences between patients with fecal incontinence and constipation were found.

Table 3 Demographics and use of retrograde colonic irrigation in children n (%)

	Fecal incontinence	Constipation
Total	26	22
Age (yr)	11	13
Female /male	14/12	12/10
Urological problems	22 (85)	17 (77)
Any surgery	25 (96)	19 (86)
Neurological disease	11 (96)	3 (25)
- Spina bifida	19	10
- Hirsschprungs disease	1	3
- Anorectal malformation	4	3
- Idiopathic constipation	0	5
- Miscellaneous disorders	2	1
Impact complaints social life	15 (58)	14 (64)
Actual using RCI	23 (88)	20 (91)
Therapy satisfaction all patients	24 (92)	21 (88)
Therapy satisfaction among actual users	23 (100)	20 (100)

No significant differences between patients with fecal incontinence and constipation were found.