Stercoral ulcer after Hirschsprung's disease surgery

Constipation and stercoral ulcer are risk factors associated with Hirschsprung's disease (HD); long‐term follow‐up is, thus, essential. In postoperative HD associated with Down syndrome (DS) with intellectual disability, vigilant follow‐up is required to avoid severe constipation because DS pre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kakiuchi, Toshihiko, Fukuta, Atsuhisa, Yoshimaru, Koichiro, Zhang, Yumeng, Shimoda, Ryo, Matsuo, Muneaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8710845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34963813
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5239
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Sumario:Constipation and stercoral ulcer are risk factors associated with Hirschsprung's disease (HD); long‐term follow‐up is, thus, essential. In postoperative HD associated with Down syndrome (DS) with intellectual disability, vigilant follow‐up is required to avoid severe constipation because DS predisposes the patients to constipation and caregivers cannot easily understand the symptoms.

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