Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 69-72 , January 2003

Preoperative enterocolitis is associated with poorer long-term bowel function after Soave-Boley endorectal pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease

Presented at the 49th Annual Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Cambridge, England, July 23-26, 2002.

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☆ Address reprint requests to Peter A.M. Raine, Department of Surgical Paediatrics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland.

PII: S0022-3468(02)63021-0

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50013

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 69-72 , January 2003

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