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Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's Disease by Immunostaining Rectal Suction Biopsies for Calretinin, S100 Protein and Protein Gene Product 9.5
Published on: April 26, 2019
[Focus on the diagnosis and treatment of benign anorectal diseases]
1Department of Anorectal Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yet-sen University, Guangzhou 510655, China. rendl111@163.com.
Abstract:
In recent years, researches regarding benign anorectal diseases have experienced unprecedented boom in China, but also exposed a series of problems, such as lack of attention of medical professionals and patients on benign anorectal diseases, lack of basic and clinical researches, and lack of standard diagnosis and treatment etc. This article discusses the problems of current diagnosis and treatment of benign anorectal diseases in China. Clinician should pay close attention to the diagnosis and treatment of benign anorectal disease.
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