title: Surgical correction of Hirschprung's disease: 7 years' experience with the Rehbein technique.
abstract: Twenty-seven children with Hirschsprung's disease underwent surgery using a modified Rehbein procedure. All the patients were admitted under one unit at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, over a 7-year period from April 1985 to March 1992. There was a male:female ratio of 3:1 with an average age at presentation of 21 months. Skin excoriation (19.0%) following initial colostomy was the commonest postoperative complication, while wound infection (18.5%) featured most often after definitIve surgery. There were no deaths following this procedure. The modified Rehbein technique is a safe and efficacious definitive method of surgical correction of Hirschsprung's disease.
authors: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Jos, Nigeria.
authors: C H
authors: CH
authors: Ihezue
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications