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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
One stage transanal versus one stage laparoscopic-assisted transanal endorectal pull-through in managing
Ahmed Elrouby1, Sameh Shehata2, Saber Waheeb2
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. elroubypaedo@gmail.com.
Background:
The management of Hirschsprung's disease has evolved from the conventional route to the minimally invasive route in one stage either from the pure transanal route or with the assistance of laparoscopy. Our study compared the surgical and functional outcomes of both approaches.
Methods:
Our retrospective study included 72 pediatric patients presented with Hirschsprung's Disease to Elshatby University Hospital, 40 patients were treated by TAERPT (Group A) and 32 patients were treated by LAERPT (Group B). The two groups were compared as regards the personal data, the operative data, and the post-operative outcomes including the time of passage of stools, time of tolerating oral feeding, the duration of hospital stay, and the development of any early postoperative complications. Moreover, the frequency of defecation, constipation, enterocolitis, anastomotic stricture, and continence were assessed.
Results:
The age at operation was significantly lower (p < 0.001*) in patients of Group A (13.95 ± 18.18) than in patients of Group B (32.03 ± 16.20). The total operative duration was not different between the two groups, however, a significantly shorter duration of the anal part (p < 0.001*) in Group B (47.81 ± 18) than in Group A (96.50 ± 38.60) was recorded. A significantly longer colonic segment (p < 0.001*) was resected in Group A (28 ± 4.05) than in Group B (22.70 ± 8.12). The hospital stay was significantly shorter in Group B (5.78 ± 2.41) than in Group A (7.20 ± 2.78). (p = 0.001*) The excised segment revealed a proximal aganglionic zone in four patients denoting a missed segment; three in Group B and only one patient in Group A. There were no differences as regards the early and late follow-up parameters.
Conclusions:
Endorectal pull-through for the treatment of Hirschsprung's disease could be approached either completely transanal or with the assistance of laparoscopy with nearly similar surgical and functional outcomes, however a longer operative duration with a shorter anal stage is recorded with the laparoscopic assistance. Furthermore, a shorter hospital stay could be achieved with the aid of laparoscopy.
Trial Registration:
Protocol ID: 0306356, Registration number: NCT06419998, 20/05/2024 - Retrospectively registered.
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