Reoperation for Hirschsprung disease: Pathology of the resected problematic distal pull-through

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-38

  Coe, Alexander ^a   Collins, Margaret H ^b   Lawal, Taiwo ^b   Louden, Emily ^b   Levitt, Marc A ^b   Peña, Alberto ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hirschsprung disease; Pull through surgery; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLON SURGERY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; REOPERATION;

EID: 84860139163     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/11-02-0977-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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