A comparative study of laparoscopy-assisted pull-through and open pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease with special reference to postoperative fecal continence

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2071-2074

  Fujiwara, Naho ^a   Kaneyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Okazaki, Tadaharu ^a   Lane, Geoffrey J ^a   Kato, Yoshifumi ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamataka, Atsuyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fecal continence; Hirschsprung's disease; Laparoscopy; Pull through

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULL THROUGH OPERATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36849008087     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.08.033     Document Type: Article

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