New guideline highlights ‘individualized approach’ in management of chronic constipation

An updated clinical practice guideline from The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons underscored the need for collaborative, cross-specialty care to achieve “optimal patient outcomes” in chronic constipation.
“Constipation is one of the most common GI disorders seen in ambulatory medicine clinics and is a common reason for referral to a colorectal surgeon,” Karim Alavi, MD, MPH, of the division of colon and rectal surgery at UMass Memorial Medical Center, and colleagues wrote in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. “The complex cause and variable severity

An updated clinical practice guideline from The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons underscored the need for collaborative, cross-specialty care to achieve “optimal patient outcomes” in chronic constipation.
“Constipation is one of the most common GI disorders seen in ambulatory medicine clinics and is a common reason for referral to a colorectal surgeon,” Karim Alavi, MD, MPH, of the division of colon and rectal surgery at UMass Memorial Medical Center, and colleagues wrote in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. “The complex cause and variable severity