Open AccessClinical outcome and bowel function after surgical treatment in Hirschsprung′s disease
Author(s) -
Maryam Khazdouz,
Majid Sezavar,
Behzad Imani,
Hossein Akhavan,
Babapour Alireza,
Gholamreza Khademi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.160403
Subject(s) - medicine , enterocolitis , constipation , hirschsprung's disease , diarrhea , incidence (geometry) , surgery , disease , gastrointestinal function , megacolon , gastroenterology , physics , optics
Bowel function has been reported to be adversely affected following surgery in cases of Hirschsprung. We retrospectively studied both the clinical outcome and bowel function status following surgery in patients diagnosed with Hirschprung's disease (HD). 161 cases, who underwent pull-through operations for HD in Sheikh Pediatric Tertiary Centre, Mashhad, Iran. The specified time bracket spanned between 2006 and 2011.