Transitional zone pull through: Surgical pathology considerations

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 291-301

  Kapur, Raj P ^a,b   Kennedy, Amy J ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aganglionosis; Ganglion cells; Hirschsprung disease; Myenteric plexus; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AGANGLIONOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON MUCOSA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOGANGLIONOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL NEURONAL DYSPLASIA; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM BIOPSY; REOPERATION; SUBCIRCUMFERENTIAL AGANGLIONOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL ZONE PULL THROUGH; TRANSVERSE COLON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BIOPSY; COLON; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866416808     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: 15329453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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