Open AccessThe evaluation of rectal mucosal punch biopsy in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease: a 30-year experience of 954 patients
Author(s) -
Koichiro Yoshimaru,
Yoshiaki Kinoshita,
Yusuke Yanagi,
Satoshi Obata,
Takahiro Jimbo,
Tsuyoshi Iwanaka,
Yoshiaki Takahashi,
Genshiro Esumi,
Junko Miyata,
Toshiharu Matsuura,
Tomoko Izaki,
Tomoaki Taguchi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatric surgery international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.659
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1437-9813
pISSN - 0179-0358
DOI - 10.1007/s00383-016-4010-2
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , surgery , biopsy , forceps , punch biopsy , radiology , materials science , metallurgy , punching
For 30 years, we have consecutively performed rectal mucosal punch biopsy to diagnose Hirschsprung's disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of our technique.
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