The Hirschsprungs patient who is soiling after what was considered a "successful" pull-through

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 344-353

  Levitt, Marc A ^a   Dickie, Belinda ^a   Peña, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel management; Complications; Hirschsprung; Incontinence; Pull through; Reoperation; Soiling

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; LAXATIVE; LOPERAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON DILATATION; DEFECATION HABIT; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FIBER INTAKE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULL THROUGH OPERATION; RECTUM BIOPSY;

ALGORITHMS; ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLON; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866351037     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: 15329453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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