Management of Hirschsprung's disease in the adolescent.
Occasionally Hirschsprung's disease is misdiagnosed until the patient reaches adolescence. The disease of these young people may present technical problems not encountered in the neonate. I describe three such patients, ages 10, 13, and 19 years, who were managed successfully by slightly different surgical methods.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography