Bowel Dysfunction

Brigitte Collins Lead Nurse, Physiology Unit, London Northwest Healthcare NHS Trust Physiology Unit, St Marks Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow Elissa Bradshaw Clinical Nurse Specialist Biofeedback, St Marks Hospital

Part 1. Introduction.- 1. Background to bowel function and rationale for writing the book.- 2. Normal anatomy and physiology of bowel function with a view to including detail on the pelvic floor.- 3. Epidemiology Constipation and FI.- 4.  Investigations: Anorectal Physiology.- Part 2. Causes and Assessment of Bowel Dysfunction.- 5. Causes of constipation/evacuatory dysfunction.- 6.  The Assessment of Constipation and Evacuatory Disorders.- 7.  Causes of faecal incontinence.- 8.  The Assessment of Faecal Incontinence.- Part 3. Treatments for Bowel Dysfunction.- 9.  Conservative management.- 10. Food choice as a Management Strategy in Bowel Dysfunction.- 11. Pharmacological therapy.- 12. Rectal Irrigation.- 13. Neuromodulation.- 14. Surgery .- 15. Psychological medicine for bowel dysfunction.