Surgical treatment of children with total colonic aganglionosis: functional and metabolic long-term outcome

Surgical treatment of children with total colonic aganglionosis: functional and metabolic long-term outcome

Abstract Background Total colonic aganglionosis (TCA) is a rare variant of Hirschsprung’s disease occurring in 3–10% of the cases. Only few studies reported the long-term clinical and metabolic outcomes of patients with TCA. The aim of this study was to evaluate the functional and metabolic long-ter...

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Main Authors: Cristian Urla, Justus Lieber, Florian Obermayr, Andreas Busch, Roland Schweizer, Steven W. Warmann, Hans-Joachim Kirschner, Jörg Fuchs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
Total colonic aganglionosis
Surgical treatment
Functional outcome
Metabolic outcome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-018-0383-6

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