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The efficacies of four bowel care regimens (bisacodyl suppositories, glycerin suppositories, mineral oil enemas and docusate sodium mini-enemas) were compared in seven subjects with traumatic spinal cord injury. Efficacy was assessed in terms of colonic transit time , bowel evacuation time and subjective responses to a questionnaire. Both docusate sodium mini-enemas and mineral oil enemas decreased total and left-sided colonic transit time. However, docusate sodium mini-enemas were superior to mineral oil enemas in terms of the decrease in bowel evacuation time and symptom reduction . Results in this small group of subjects suggest that docusate sodium mini-enemas may have advantages in the management of bowel evacuation in individuals with spinal cord injury. (J Spinal Cord Med 1998;21-24)

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