title: Full-thickness rectal punch biopsy for the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease.
abstract: The authors propose a full-thickness rectal punch biopsy method for the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease when the results of other diagnostic investigations have been equivocal. This procedure has been utilized in 48 patients in the last 8 yr and the method was diagnostically reliable.
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008531:Megacolon / Q000473:pathology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology*; D013536:Suture Techniques