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Desale Yacob

Medicine · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2009

Publications

127

Citations

898

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
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Desale Yacob's research focuses on pediatric gastrointestinal motility disorders, including constipation, fecal incontinence, gastroparesis, rumination syndrome, and cyclic vomiting syndrome in children. Work spans clinical trials and outcome studies of treatments such as antegrade continence enemas, sacral and tibial nerve stimulation, gastric electrical stimulation, and medications like baclofen and aprepitant. Much of this research aims to characterize disease impact and evaluate treatment effectiveness in pediatric neurogastroenterology clinics.

Pediatric gastrointestinal motility disordersConstipation and fecal incontinence treatmentsNeuromodulation therapies (nerve and gastric electrical stimulation)Nausea, vomiting, and rumination syndromes in childrenAnorectal and colonic functional outcomes

Publication output has grown over the past decade, rising from about 5 papers per year in 2017-2018 to over 20 in 2024, with continued high activity through 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.6/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 14 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 17 publications222023: 9 publications232024: 21 publications21242025: 15 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Gastroenterology×59
  • Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition×17
  • Neurogastroenterology & Motility×11
  • Journal of Pediatric Surgery×5
  • Pediatric Drugs×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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