Fecal Transplant Studied for Kids With Bowel Disease, Helen Devos Children’s Hospital Study

Fecal transplantation -- an innovative enema treatment -- may help reduce or eliminate symptoms of ulcerative colitis in most children and young adults, according to a small study. The process, formally called fecal microbial transplantation, involves placing stool from a healthy donor into a recipient’s intestines in order to restore healthy bacteria.

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