Background: Chronic constipation is a common problem in children and makes a significant portion of the outpatient visits. Because sacral disorders would impair the defecating mechanism, this study was aimed to evaluate sacral ratio (SR) as a criterion of sacral bone and its association with chronic constipation. Methods: This study was performed on 52 children aged 0 -15 years referred to the radiology department during 2014 -2015. The case group included 26 patients with chronic functional constipation and the control group included 26 others without chronic constipation, which had been referred for pelvic radiography for other reasons such as trauma or suspected hip joint problem; Anterior-posterior pelvic radiography was done for both case and control groups and SR in each group was calculated and compared.
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