Are the long-term results of the transanal pull-through equal to those of the transabdominal pull-through? A comparison of the 2 approaches for Hirschsprung disease

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  El Sawaf, Mohamed I ^a   Drongowski, Robert A ^a   Chamberlain, Jennifer N ^a   Coran, Arnold G ^a   Teitelbaum, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Continence; Enterocolitis; Hirschsprung disease; Long term; Pull through; Transanal

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; FAMILY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULL THROUGH OPERATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845930866     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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