Colonic dysmotility in postsurgical patients with Hirschsprung's disease. Potential significance of abnormalities in the interstitial cells of Cajal and the enteric nervous system

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1433-1438

  Bettolli, Marcos ^a,b   De Carli, Claudio ^a,b   Jolin Dahel, Kheira ^b   Bailey, Karen ^a,b   Khan, Hajra F ^b   Sweeney, Brian ^a,b   Krantis, Anthony ^b   Staines, William A ^b   Rubin, Steven ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Hirschsprung's disease; ICC; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; STENOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48149092977     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.10.067     Document Type: Article

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