Deeper rectal biopsies and better yield of neuronal structures with Scheye vs Noblett forceps-preliminary results

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 478-481

  Campeotto, Florence ^a   Barbet, Patrick J ^a   Kalach, Nicolas ^a   Arhan, Pierre ^a   Devroede, Ghislain ^b   Beaudoin, Sylvie ^a   Dupont, Christophe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Children; Noblett forceps; Rectum; Scheye forceps

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCEPS; GANGLION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOBLETT FORCEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM MUCOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHEYE FORCEP; SUCTION; THICKNESS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 79952274391     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.07.053     Document Type: Article

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