Yew-Wei Tan, Carmen Sofia Chacon, William Sherwood, Munther Haddad, Muhammad Choudhry
INTRODUCTION: Most Hirschsprung's disease (HD) are diagnosed in young children with increased risk ("red flag"). Older children (>6 months) require open rectal biopsy (ORB) with its own impact on risk and resources. We investigated if "red flag", age, and sex used in combination could exclude HD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: "Red flags" are risk factors associated with HD, including neonatal bowel obstruction, genetic association, failure of passage of meconium in <48 hours, infantile constipation, distension with vomiting, or family history...
April 2022: European Journal of Pediatric Surgery