| Literature DB >> 33437564 |
Hira Ahmad1, Devin R Halleran1, Raquel Quintanilla1, Alessandra C Gasior1, Richard J Wood1, Marc A Levitt1.
Abstract
Hirschsprung disease is the most common neurocristopathy in children, resulting in the congenital loss of enteric ganglia. Surgery, which involves resecting the aganglionic segment and restoring bowel continuity, usually results in a good outcome; however, some patients suffer from multiple episodes of enterocolitis and other obstructive symptoms. A contrast enema, examination under anesthesia, and rectal biopsy can identify the cause of obstruction in many cases, including a rare explanation, a twist of the pull-through, a case of which we present here. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).Entities:
Keywords: Hirschsprung disease; congenital intestinal obstruction; enterocolitis; pull-through reoperation; twisted pull-through
Year: 2021 PMID: 33437564 PMCID: PMC7796826 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1717128
Source DB: PubMed Journal: European J Pediatr Surg Rep ISSN: 2194-7619