Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 8 , Pages 1640-1644 , August 2010

Functional outcome after operation for Hirschsprung disease—transanal vs transabdominal approach

  • Kjetil Juul Stensrud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, 0027 Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +47 41468281; fax: +47 23074630.
    • ,
  • Ragnhild Emblem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, 0027 Oslo, Norway
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0027 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Kristin Bjørnland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, 0027 Oslo, Norway

Received 23 September 2009 ,Revised 15 February 2010 ,Accepted 17 February 2010.

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PII: S0022-3468(10)00184-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.02.065

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 8 , Pages 1640-1644 , August 2010

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