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Research & Reviews 516 results
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35559625
American Family Physician; Mulhem E, Khondoker F et. al.
May 14th, 2022 - Constipation in children is usually functional constipation without an organic cause. Organic causes of constipation in children, which include Hirschsprung disease, cystic fibrosis, and spinal cord abnormalities, commonly present with red flag si...
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1892319-overview
May 5th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Intestinal anastomosis is a surgical procedure performed to establish communication between two formerly distant portions of the intestine. This procedure restores intestinal continuity after removal of a pathologic condition a...
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1892319-print
May 5th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Intestinal anastomosis is a surgical procedure performed to establish communication between two formerly distant portions of the intestine. This procedure restores intestinal continuity after removal of a pathologic condition a...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9063042
BMC Pediatrics; Gunadi , Monica Carissa T et. al.
May 4th, 2022 - Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a common congenital disorder presenting with functional obstruction due to aganglionosis of the colon. There are numerous types of pull-through surgery for managing HSCR, such as transabdominal endorectal (Soave), Sw...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.04.009
Journal of Pediatric Surgery; Tham SW, Rollins MD et. al.
May 2nd, 2022 - Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important outcome among children with Hirschsprung Disease (HD), but there are challenges in interpreting findings in previous studies owing to the choice of a comparator group and informant. We compare...
Clinicaltrials.gov 5 results
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04340856
Apr 27th, 2022 - Megacolon may be defined as dilatation of the abdominal colon with a minimum of 9 cm in diameter and the absence of mechanical obstruction. Chronic megacolon in adults is an acquired uncommon condition that generally is associated with constipatio...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04149093
Mar 17th, 2021 - This study aims to compare the outcomes of patients with long segment Hirschsprung disease or total colonic aganglionosis who had negative calretinin staining and positive ganglion cells on the proximal resection margins to those who had both posi...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03131180
Nov 28th, 2018 - Functional disabilities such as functional constipation, and congenital anomalies such as anorectal malformations (ARM) and Hirschsprung disease (HD), are the leading indications for colon surgery in children. While these diseases have low mortali...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03406741
Jan 24th, 2018 - Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is a rare congenital disease (1:5000) characterized by neonatal functional low bowel obstruction that is caused by aganglionosis of the distal bowel. HD treatment consists in surgery of colonic reduction in the early ch...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02776176
May 19th, 2016 - Optimized peri-operative care within an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol is designed to reduce morbidity after surgery, resulting in a shorter hospital stay. The present study evaluated this approach in the context of radical surger...
News 7 results
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945801
Feb 16th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Children with Hirschsprung disease may be at increased risk for developing inflammatory bowel disease, a Canadian study suggests. Researchers examined data on 716 children diagnosed with Hirschsprung since 1991 in Ontario, as we...
https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/936770
Sep 3rd, 2020 - Clinical practice guidelines for the management of rectosigmoid Hirschsprung disease were released in June 2020 by the European Reference Network for Rare Inherited and Congenital [digestive] Anomalies (ERNICA).[1] Diagnosis of Hirschsprung Diseas...
https://reference.staging.medscape.com/viewarticle/936770
Sep 3rd, 2020 - Clinical practice guidelines for the management of rectosigmoid Hirschsprung disease were released in June 2020 by the European Reference Network for Rare Inherited and Congenital [digestive] Anomalies (ERNICA).[1] Diagnosis of Hirschsprung Diseas...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/935805
Aug 28th, 2020 - Hirschsprung disease is a form of megacolon that occurs when part or all of the large intestine or antecedent parts of the gastrointestinal tract have no ganglion cells and therefore cannot function. During normal prenatal development, cells from ...
https://www.mdedge.com/familymedicine/article/141454/mental-health/solving-stool-refusal
Pediatric News; Barbara J. Howard, MD
Jun 28th, 2017 - When parents bring in their delightful, verbal 3-year-old for refusing to poop on the potty, it may seem laughable. But with impending preschool and costs of diapers, stool refusal can be a major aggravation for families! Fortunately, stool refusa.