[The elasticity co-efficient of the rectal wall (E.C.R.P.). A prognostic test for Hirschsprung's disease (author's transl)].
In a situation where all authors are agreed on the significant morbidity of a colostomy in Hirschsprung's disease, the new test described by the authors would appear to help, if not "resolve" the always difficult choice between a colostomy and simple nursing in the intermeditary treatment of Hirschsprung's disease of the newborn.
D003672:Defecation; D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008531:Megacolon / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012007:Rectum / Q000503:physiopathology*
Le coefficient d'élasticité de la paroi rectale (C.E.P.R.): un test pronostic de la maladie de hirschsprung.