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        <journal-title>Journal of Medical Insight</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2373-6003</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">278.7</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24296/jomi/278.7</article-id>
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          <subject>Research article</subject>
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        <article-title>Open Proctocolectomy for Hirschsprung's Disease</article-title>
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      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <year>2024</year>
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      <volume>2024</volume>
      <issue>08</issue>
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        <copyright-statement>2017 Journal of Medical Insight</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
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        <p>Hirschsprung's disease is the main genetic cause of functional intestinal obstruction. Most cases are diagnosed in the first few months of life given classical presentation and ease of testing with rectal suction biopsy. The disease is due to the absence of enteric ganglion cells in the distal colon that results in functional constipation. Resection of the affected segment and bringing the normal bowel close to the anus has been the mainstay of treatment. Due to advances in surgical treatment over the past decades, a significant reduction in morbidity and mortality has been observed, and the previously multistage procedure can now be completed in one stage, as presented here.</p>
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        <kwd>Pediatric</kwd>
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        <kwd>Open</kwd>
        <kwd>Congenital</kwd>
        <kwd>Elective</kwd>
        <kwd>Resource-Limited Settings</kwd>
        <kwd>Advanced</kwd>
        <kwd>Male</kwd>
        <kwd>Frozen Section</kwd>
        <kwd>GI Tract Anastomosis</kwd>
        <kwd>Rare Indication</kwd>
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