Primary laparoscopic endorectal pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease in infants and children

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-13

  Wulkan, Mark L ^a   Georgeson, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endorectal pull through; Hirschsprung's disease; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CHILD; COLON; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79959660760     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: 15533514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155335069800500103     Document Type: Article

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