The Department of Surgery at the College of Medicine, Basra University, in cooperation with the Department of Pediatric and Neonatal Surgery at Basra Children's Specialized Hospital, organized its thirteenth specialized symposium entitled (Constipation and Fecal Incontinence in Children) At Al-Farahidi Hall in Basra International Hotel (formerly Sheraton). The symposium included lectures on constipation in children, where the lectures discussed functional constipation and the use of botox in chronic constipation and fecal incontinence in children in addition to many other topics.