Are routine dilatations necessary post pull-through surgery for Hirschsprung disease?

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 383-388

  Aworanti, Olugbenga ^a,b   Hung, Judy ^b   McDowell, Dermot ^b   Martin, Ian ^b   Quinn, Feargal ^b  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

anal dilatations; anal stenosis; anastomotic stricture; enterocolitis; Hirschsprung disease

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANAL DILATATION; ANASTOMOSIS STENOSIS; ANUS ACHALASIA; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLON AGANGLIONOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILATATION; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULL THROUGH OPERATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TRANSABDOMINAL ENDORECTAL PULL THROUGH; TRANSANAL ENDORECTAL PULL THROUGH;

ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DILATATION; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884589398     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: 1439359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1333635     Document Type: Article

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