Bridget Southwell

Paediatric constipation for general paediatricians: Review using a case-based and evidence-based approach

Rishi Bolia, Mark Safe, Bridget R Southwell, Sebastian K King, Mark R Oliver

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH

Constipation is a common problem in childhood. The most common type of constipation is functional, accounting for 90-95% of all ca..

Treatment of childhood constipation: a synthesis of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Bridget R Southwell

Journal article  |  2020  |  EXPERT REVIEW OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

Introduction: Constipation occurs in many children and can become chronic. Many grow out of it but for one third, it continues int..

Defining sites of hold-up in oral-anal transit using radionuclear gastrointestinal transit studies in children with intractable constipation using a 48-hour protocol

Bridget Southwell, Melissa C Hynes, Coral Tudball, Duncan Veysey, John M Hutson

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

Electro-Neuromodulation for Colonic Disorders-Review of Meta-Analyses, Systematic Reviews, and RCTs

Bridget R Southwell

Journal article  |  2020  |  NEUROMODULATION

BACKGROUND: In the last 20 years, studies have shown that large bowel function can be modified by neural stimulation. While still ..

'Rapid transit' constipation in children: a possible genesis for irritable bowel syndrome

JM Hutson, MC Hynes, I Kearsey, YI Yik, DM Veysey, CF Tudball, TM Cain, SK King, BR Southwell

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pediatric Surgery International

Children with chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) often end up at the surgeon when medical treatments have failed. This opinion ..

Constipation: A Symptom of Chronic Food Intolerance?. A Symptom of Chronic Food Intolerance?

I Kearsey, YI Yik, BR Southwell, JM Hutson

Book Chapter  |  2019

Chronic constipation in children is occasionally organic, but in most cases no organic cause has been found. Using gastrointestina..

Dietary exclusion of fructose and lactose after positive breath tests improved rapid-transit constipation in children

Kasturi Waingankar, Christoper Lai, Vishal Punwani, Jeremy Wong, John M Hutson, Bridget R Southwell

Journal article  |  2018  |  JGH OPEN

Aims: Exclusion of fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) from the diet is effective ..

Postnatal Germ Cell Development in the Cryptorchid Testis: The Key to Explain Why Early Surgery Decreases the Risk of Malignancy

Jorgen Thorup, Erik Clasen-Linde, Ruili Li, Susanne Reinhardt, Kolja Kvist, Jaya Vikraman, Bridget R Southwell, John M Hutson, Dina Cortes

Journal article  |  2018  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY

PURPOSE:  Cryptorchidism is a risk factor for testicular malignancy and surgical treatment lowers this risk. This study aimed to i..

Short-Term Interferential Transabdominal Electrical Stimulation Did Not Change Oral-Rectal Transit Time in Piglets

Andre YF Tan, Magdy Sourial, John M Hutson, Bridget R Southwell

Journal article  |  2018  |  NEUROMODULATION

BACKGROUND: Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) using interferential current (IFC) is a new therapeutic treatment for cons..

Home-Based Transabdominal Interferential Electrical Stimulation for Six Months Improves Paediatric Slow Transit Constipation (STC)

Yee Ian Yik, John Hutson, Bridget Southwell

Journal article  |  2018  |  NEUROMODULATION

BACKGROUND: Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) for one to two months has produced some improvement in treatment-resistant..