Transanal irrigation as a treatment for bowel dysfunction
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Michelle Henderson; Yan Yiannakou; Linda Tinkler
- Source
- Gastrointestinal Nursing. 16:26-34
- Subject
- Advanced and Specialized Nursing
medicine.medical_specialty
Constipation
business.industry
General surgery
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
Transanal irrigation
humanities
Bowel dysfunction
03 medical and health sciences
Medical–Surgical Nursing
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Medicine
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
In patient
medicine.symptom
business
human activities
- Language
- ISSN
- 2052-2835
1479-5248
Transanal irrigation (TAI) is a treatment for bowel dysfunction, with UK approval in patients with constipation and faecal incontinence. This article is intended for health-care professionals involved in the management of patients with bowel dysfunction and describes what TAI is and the proposed method of action. It also considers the latest evidence related to the safety and efficacy of TAI. There is now a potentially overwhelming range of equipment available on prescription to deliver this treatment. The factors to consider in the appropriate selection of equipment for individual patients will be considered, alongside an algorithm for the selection of equipment to aid health professionals with this choice.