Reducing the frequency of unnecessary rectal biopsies by combined interpretation of clinical and radiological findings in Egyptian children with suspected Hirschsprung's disease

• Main Authors: Mahmoud M. Marei (Author), Ayman H. Abdelsattar (Author), Tamer M. Yassin (Author), Ahmed E. Fares (Author), Hisham Elsaket (Author), Hadeel Seif (Author), Montasser Elkotby (Author), Mohamed M. Elbarbary (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Hirschsprung's disease (HD) should be considered in children with neonatal-onset constipation. Clinical differentiation between HD and idiopathic constipation (IC) is difficult in late presenting infants. Consequently, paediatric surgical centres receive numerous referrals for rec...