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

• Autors principals: Mahmoud M. Marei (Autor), Ayman H. Abdelsattar (Autor), Tamer M. Yassin (Autor), Ahmed E. Fares (Autor), Hisham Elsaket (Autor), Hadeel Seif (Autor), Montasser Elkotby (Autor), Mohamed M. Elbarbary (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: SpringerOpen, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: 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...