title: Management of Hirschsprung's disease in the adolescent.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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