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Key articles
Montalva L, Cheng LS, Kapur R, et al. Hirschsprung disease. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2023 Oct 12;9(1):54. Abstract
Kawaguchi AL, Guner YS, Sømme S, et al. Management and outcomes for long-segment Hirschsprung disease: a systematic review from the APSA outcomes and evidence based practice committee. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Sep;56(9):1513-23.Full text Abstract
Gosain A, Frykman PK, Cowles RA, et al. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. Pediatr Surg Int. 2017 May 33(5):517-21.Full text Abstract
Kyrklund K, Sloots CEJ, de Blaauw I, et al. ERNICA guidelines for the management of rectosigmoid Hirschsprung's disease. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2020 Jun 25;15(1):164.Full text Abstract
Granström AL, Irvine W, Hoel AT, et al. Ernica clinical consensus statements on total colonic and intestinal aganglionosis. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Oct;59(10):161565.Full text Abstract
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