Treatment of Faecal Impaction with Polyethelene Glycol Plus Electrolytes (PGE + E) Followed by a Double‐blind Comparison of PEG + E Versus Lactulose as Maintenance Therapy

Abstract

PEG + E is safe and highly effective in the management of childhood constipation. It allows a single orally administered laxative to be used for disimpaction without recourse to invasive interventions. It is significantly more effective than lactulose as maintenance therapy, both in efficacy in treating constipation and efficacy in preventing the recurrence of faecal impaction.