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John J Newland1, Katerina Dukleska1, Scott Cowan1
1From the *Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and.
Abstract:
Dr. Orvar Swenson is best remembered for developing the Swenson pull-through, a technique he developed to treat Hirschsprung's disease. After graduating from Harvard Medical School and beginning his residency at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Dr. Swenson observed that patients with Hirschsprung's disease and toxic megacolon resumed normal bowel function after placement of transverse colostomies. His observation led to studying the patency of his patients' colons using barium enema contrast studies. At the collapsed portion of the colon, he performed rectal biopsies leading to the discovery that the cause of Hirschsprung's disease is that the collapsed portion of the colon lacks the Auerbach plexus. The Swenson pull-through removes this aganglionic portion of the colon and cures the patient. His career grew from there as he traveled to academic institutions teaching his technique. He is remembered fondly for his contributions to pediatric surgery through the restructuring of pediatric surgery departments, pediatric surgery research, and writing and editing multiple volumes of Pediatric Surgery, the standard textbook for pediatric surgeons. He died peacefully in 2012 at the age of 103 years.
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