Open AccessHirschsprung′s disease: Role of rectal suction biopsy - data on 216 specimens
Author(s) -
Zillur Rahman,
Jafrul Hannan,
Saiful Islam
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.70640
Subject(s) - medicine , suction , biopsy , hirschsprung's disease , disease , surgery , rectum , radiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
The diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is dependent on the histological study of rectal ganglion cells, and an open rectal biopsy was the mainstay that required general anaesthesia (GA) and carried risk of postoperative rectal bleeding. Suction rectal biopsy later gained wide acceptance and became the choice as there is no requirement of GA and virtual absence of any complications.