Hirschsprung's disease

Chen Y, Nah SA, Laksmi NK, et al. Transanal endorectal pull-through versus transabdominal approach for Hirschsprung's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2013;48:642-51. Abstract

Levitt MA, Dickie B, Peña A. Evaluation and treatment of the patient with Hirschsprung disease who is not doing well after a pull-through procedure. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2010;19:146-53. Abstract

Levitt MA, Martin CA, Olesevich M, et al. Hirschsprung disease and fecal incontinence: diagnostic and management strategies. J Pediatr Surg. 2009;44:271-7. Abstract

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15. Luo Y, Ceccherini I, Pasini B, et al. Close linkage with the RET protooncogene and boundaries of deletion mutations in autosomal dominant Hirschsprung disease. Hum Mol Genet. 1993;2:1803-8. Abstract

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24. O'Kelly TJ, Davies JR, Tam PK, et al. Abnormalities of nitric-oxide producing neurons in Hirschsprung's disease: morphology and implications. J Pediatr Surg. 1994;29:294-9. Abstract

25. Bealer JF, Natuzzi ES, Buscher C, et al. Nitric oxide synthase is deficient in the aganglionic colon of patients with Hirschsprung's disease. Pediatrics. 1994;93:647-51. Abstract

26. Doodnath R, Puri P. A systematic review and meta-analysis of Hirschsprung's disease presenting after childhood. Pediatr Surg Int. 2010;26:1107-10. Abstract

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28. Moore BG, Singaram C, Eckhoff DE, et al. Immunohistochemical evaluations of ultrashort-segment Hirschsprung's disease. Dis Colon Rectum. 1996;39:817-22. Abstract

29. Yang WI, Oh JT. Calretinin and microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP-2) immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg. 2013;48:2112-7. Abstract

30. 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

31. International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG). IPEG Guidelines for surgical treatment of Hirschsprung disease. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2005;15:89-91.Full text  Abstract

32. Georgeson KE, Fuenfer MM, Hardin WD. Primary laparoscopic pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease in infants and children. J Pediatr Surg. 1995;30:1017-21. Abstract

33. Smith BM, Steiner RB, Lobe TE. Laparoscopic Duhamel pullthrough procedure for Hirschsprung's disease in childhood. J Laparoendosc Surg. 1994;4:273-6. Abstract

34. Kim AC, Langer JC, Pastor AC, et al. Endorectal pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease - a multicenter, long-term comparison of results: transanal vs transabdominal approach. J Pediatr Surg. 2010;45:1213-20. Abstract

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36. Carcassonne M, Morisson-Lacombe G, Letourneau JN. Primary corrective operation without decompression in infants less than three months of age with Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg. 1982;17:241-3. Abstract

37. So HB, Schwartz DL, Becker JM, et al. Endorectal "pull-through" without preliminary colostomy in neonates with Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg. 1980;15:470-1. Abstract

38. De la Torre-Mondragon L, Ortega-Salgado JA. Transanal endorectal pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg. 1998;33:1283-6. Abstract

39. Soave F. Hirschsprung's disease - a new surgical technique. Arch Dis Child. 1964;39:116-24. Abstract

40. Duhamel B. Retrorectal and transanal pull-through procedure for the treatment of Hirschsprung's disease. Dis Colon Rectum. 1964;7:455-8. Abstract

41. Chatoorgoon K, Pena A, Lawal TA, et al. The problematic Duhamel pouch in Hirschsprung's disease: manifestations and treatment. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2011;21:366-9. Abstract

42. Lynn HB, van Heerden JA. Rectal myectomy in Hirschsprung's disease: a decade of experience. Arch Surg. 1975;110:991-4. Abstract

43. Levitt MA, Hamrick MC, Eradi B, et al. Transanal, full-thickness, Swenson-like approach for Hirschsprung disease. J Pediatr Surg. 2013;48:2289-95. Abstract

44. Chen Y, Nah SA, Laksmi NK, et al. Transanal endorectal pull-through versus transabdominal approach for Hirschsprung's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2013;48:642-51. Abstract

45. Bischoff A, Levitt MA, Peña A. Total colonic aganglionosis: a surgical challenge. How to avoid complications? Pediatr Surg Int. 2011;27:1047-52.Full text  Abstract

46. Levitt MA, Dickie B, Peña A. Evaluation and treatment of the patient with Hirschsprung disease who is not doing well after a pull-through procedure. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2010;19:146-53. Abstract

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48. El-Sawaf MI, Drongowski RA, Chamberlain JN, et al. Are the long-term results of the transanal pull-through equal to those of the transabdominal pull-through? A comparison of the two approaches for Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg. 2007;42:41-7. Abstract

49. Langer JC, Durrant AC, de la Torre L, et al. One-stage transanal Soave pullthrough for Hirschsprung's disease: a multi-center experience with 141 children. Ann Surg. 2003;238:569-76.Full text  Abstract

50. Sandgren K, Ekblad E, Larsson LT. Survival of neurons and interstitial cells of Cajal after autotransplantation of myenteric ganglia from small intestine in the lethal spotted mouse. Pediatr Surg Int. 2000;16:272-6. Abstract

51. Hu H, Ding Y, Mu W, et al. DRG-derived neural progenitors differentiate into functional enteric neurons following transplantation in the postnatal colon. Cell Transplant. 2019 Feb;28(2):157-69.Full text  Abstract

52. Lai FP, Lau ST, Wong JK, et al. Correction of Hirschsprung-associated mutations in human induced pluripotent stem cells via clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/Cas9, restores neural crest cell function. Gastroenterology. 2017 Jul;153(1):139-53.Full text  Abstract

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54. Levitt MA, Dickie B, Peña A. The Hirschsprungs patient who is soiling after what was considered a "successful" pull-through. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2012;21:344-53. Abstract

55. Levitt MA, Martin CA, Olesevich M, et al. Hirschsprung disease and fecal incontinence: diagnostic and management strategies. J Pediatr Surg. 2009;44:271-7. Abstract

56. Allin BSR, Opondo C, Bradnock TJ, et al. Outcomes at five to eight years of age for children with Hirschsprung's disease. Arch Dis Child. 2020 Nov 2;:.Full text  Abstract

57. Dai Y, Deng Y, Lin Y, et al. Long-term outcomes and quality of life of patients with Hirschsprung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Gastroenterol. 2020 Mar 12;20(1):67.Full text  Abstract

58. Ruttenstock E, Puri P. Systematic review and meta-analysis of enterocolitis after one-stage transanal pull-through procedure for Hirschsprung's disease. Pediatr Surg Int. 2010;26:1101-5. Abstract

59. Peña A, Elicevik M, Levitt MA. Reoperations in Hirschsprung disease. J Pediatr Surg. 2007;42:1008-13. Abstract