1A-S5-4

CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF HIRSCHSPRUNG��S DISEASE

Arnold G. Coran, MD

Professor of Surgery and Head of the Section of Pediatric Surgery, University of Michigan Medial School

Surgeon-in-Chief, C.S. Mott Children��s Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

This lecture will update our current knowledge of Hirschsprung��s Disease by focusing on the following issues:

1. Definitive Diagnosis

a) Radiologic

b) Histologic

2. Type of Pull-Through

a) Colostomy

3. Definitive Pull-Through in the Newborn

4. Management of Total Colonic Disease

5. Management of Short Segment Disease

6. Enterocolitis

7. Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasia (IND)