Treatment option;

Most of the time, chronic constipation can be relieved using a combination of diet, exercise, medication and pelvic floor physiotherapy.

If these approaches do not relieve your chronic constipation, you should discuss treatment options with a procto surgeon as you may be suffering from a type of chronic constipation known as obstructed defecation syndrome(ODS)

Diagnosis: MRI defecography is a must.

An advanced treatment for ODS:

STARR surgery

Relief from chronic constipation

STARR (stapled trans anal rectal resection)is a surgical procedure that is performed through the anus, requires no external cuts and leaves no visible scars. Using 2 surgical staplers, the procedure removes excess tissue in the rectum and reduces the deformities that cause ODS. Patients undergoing STARR are typically hospitalized for 24 hrs. STARR surgery has minimal recovery time after leaving the hospital.