Open AccessPrimary swenson′s pull-through in children with chronic constipation: A preliminary report
Author(s) -
IB Bakare Tajudeen,
TA Badmus,
A O Lawal,
AI Katung
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0189-6725.62846
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic constipation , constipation , general surgery , primary (astronomy) , pediatrics , physics , astronomy
The discrepancy in diameters of the resected ends coupled with the heavy faecal loads in the colon of chronically constipated children with Hirschsprung's disease makes definitive primary pull-through procedure quite difficulty in this group.