title: [One-stage surgery for Hirschsprung's disease in children].
abstract: Traditionally Hirschsprung's disease has been treated by 2- or 3-stage procedures. During the past 6 years a 1-stage Duhamel procedure without stoma has become our treatment of choice for Hirschsprung's disease in neonates and young infants. Over a 6-year period, 15 infants and children with colonic Hirschsprung's disease were treated with the 1-stage Duhamel retro-rectal pull-through procedure without a stoma, with the Lester-Martin modification. All patients had the usual short segment aganglionosis, but 1 had a long segment which included the splenic flexure. Early complications included wound infection in 1 and minor rectal bleeding in 3. Late complications included constipation in 1 and enterocolitis in 4. Long-term functional results were very good in all those operated except for 1 with rectal achalasia. We conclude that Hirschsprung's disease can be successfully treated with a 1-stage pull-through operation, the child usually benefitting from the shorter hospital stay and the avoidance of a colostomy.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vinograd
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors