Table 2.
Distribution of NBD management techniques among patients with SB according to age in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry, 2009–15
| Age group (% within each age group) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall patients (%) (N = 5209) |
5–11 (n = 1958) |
12–19 (n = 1881) |
20 and older (n = 1370) |
P-value∧ | |
| Bowel management* | |||||
| Oral medications | 316 (6.1) | 121 (6.2) | 124 (6.6) | 71 (5.2) | 0.24 |
| Time evacuation | 189 (3.6) | 82 (4.2) | 78 (4.1) | 29 (2.1) | 0.0023 |
| Suppository | 247 (4.7) | 121 (6.2) | 85 (4.5) | 41 (3.0) | < 0.0001 |
| Standard enema | 175 (3.4) | 75 (3.8) | 43 (2.3) | 57 (4.2) | 0.0047 |
| Cone enema | 310 (6.0) | 209 (10.7) | 55 (2.9) | 46 (3.4) | < 0.0001 |
| Mini enema | 164 (3.1) | 103 (5.3) | 48 (2.6) | 13 (0.9) | < 0.0001 |
| Antegrade enema | 999 (19.3) | 250 (12.8) | 508 (27.2) | 241 (17.7) | < 0.0001 |
| Digital stimulation | 158 (3.0) | 50 (2.6) | 48 (2.6) | 60 (4.4) | 0.0033 |
| Disimpaction | 108 (2.1) | 26 (1.3) | 41 (2.2) | 41 (3.0) | 0.0038 |
| Other | 67 (1.3) | 18 (0.9) | 20 (1.1) | 29 (2.1) | 0.0059 |
| Bowel surgical history | |||||
| Antegrade colonic enema (Malone) channel creation | 908 (17.4) | 218 (11.1) | 456 (24.2) | 234 (17.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Cecostomy button | 268 (5.1) | 68 (3.5) | 124 (6.6) | 76 (5.5) | < 0.0001 |
| Cecostomy button closure | 6 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 5 (0.4) | 0.0058 |
| Colostomy | 135 (2.6) | 38 (1.9) | 44 (2.3) | 53 (3.9) | 0.0018 |
| Ileostomy | 15 (0.3) | 9 (0.5) | 4 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 0.1879 |
*
Totals do not equal 100% as some patients taking multiple medications or having multiple surgeries or forms of management.
∧
Chi-square test.