What is Hirschsprung’s disease? Hirschsprung's disease (also called colonic aganglionosis) causes a blockage of the large intestine due to improper muscle movement in the bowel. It is a congenital ...

Adelaine was born with two rare conditions. A neurologic condition affected her breathing and was difficult to diagnose. Adelaine’s case required teamwork among several medical specialists. After four ...

Hirschsprung's disease is a rare condition that prevents a person from pooping normally. Babies with Hirschsprung's are missing the nerve cells needed to push digested food out of their colon (the ...

The following is a summary of “Ernica Clinical Consensus Statements On Total Colonic And Intestinal Aganglionosis,” published in the April 2024 issue of Pediatrics by Granström et al. Hirschsprung ...

Department of Pediatric, General, and Thoracic Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA A 6-week-old infant was seen in our emergency ...

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Early postoperative outcome (EPO) was compared between fully laparoscopic Duhamel-Z (F-Dz) and laparoscopy-assisted Duhamel-Z (A-Dz) anastomoses performed for total colonic aganglionosis (TCA). EPO ...

An uncommon variant of Hirschsprung disease is total colonic aganglionosis, including the small intestines. For a study, researchers intended to examine long-term results, digestive autonomy, and ...

Jejunoileal atresia (JIA) is one of the common etiologies of intestinal obtrusion in neonates. However, cases of concomitant ileal atresia and Hirschsprung disease (HD) rarely occur. We report the ...

A six-year-old boy died from a rare bowel disease after his parents told him he 'did not have to fight anymore'. William Fenton's family paid tribute to him following his death last Wednesday at Alder ...

William Fenton, six, from Liverpool, was born with a rare bowel disease known as Total Intestinal Aganglionosis. He was not expected to live beyond six months A six-year-old boy died from a rare bowel ...