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Transanal Endoscopic-Assisted Pull-Through Colectomy for Children with High Intestinal Aganglionosis

Intestinal aganglionosis in children is a common cause of neonatal and infantile obstruction or ileus. Diagnosis is based on a histologically proven absence of enteric ganglion cells in deep biopsies of the gut wall. Therapeutic goal is a one-stage repair with a resection of the affected segment. Th...

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Autores principales: Metzger, Ulrike, Michel, Armin-Johannes, Ardelean, Mircia-Aurel, Metzger, Roman Patrick
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9139831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35626766
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9050588
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author Metzger, Ulrike
Michel, Armin-Johannes
Ardelean, Mircia-Aurel
Metzger, Roman Patrick
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Michel, Armin-Johannes
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description Intestinal aganglionosis in children is a common cause of neonatal and infantile obstruction or ileus. Diagnosis is based on a histologically proven absence of enteric ganglion cells in deep biopsies of the gut wall. Therapeutic goal is a one-stage repair with a resection of the affected segment. The endorectal pull-through (ERP) can be performed entirely transanally in a lot of the cases. In patients with difficult preparation or a high aganglionosis ERP often needs to be assisted by laparoscopy or laparotomy. We present two cases with a technical modification performing a totally transanal pull-through colectomy without any trocars other than an umbilical camera trocar. The procedure starts with a classical endorectal technique. Usually, the transanal preparation is limited by reaching the colon descendens. A camera trocar is inserted and under laparoscopic vision the preparation is completed placing the instruments directly via the opened anus. After reaching the healthy colon segment, the pull-through is completed transanally. One of the main advantages of ERP is the sparing dissection. Our modification combines advantages of laparoscopy and ERP. The umbilical camera allows an excellent view while the instruments for dissection are used like with ERP without any further trocar or traction of the anal sphincter. The dispensation of any transanal trocar allows a higher grade of freedom in preparation and possibly a smaller trauma on the distal anal channel.
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spelling pubmed-91398312022-05-28 Transanal Endoscopic-Assisted Pull-Through Colectomy for Children with High Intestinal Aganglionosis Metzger, Ulrike Michel, Armin-Johannes Ardelean, Mircia-Aurel Metzger, Roman Patrick Children (Basel) Case Report Intestinal aganglionosis in children is a common cause of neonatal and infantile obstruction or ileus. Diagnosis is based on a histologically proven absence of enteric ganglion cells in deep biopsies of the gut wall. Therapeutic goal is a one-stage repair with a resection of the affected segment. The endorectal pull-through (ERP) can be performed entirely transanally in a lot of the cases. In patients with difficult preparation or a high aganglionosis ERP often needs to be assisted by laparoscopy or laparotomy. We present two cases with a technical modification performing a totally transanal pull-through colectomy without any trocars other than an umbilical camera trocar. The procedure starts with a classical endorectal technique. Usually, the transanal preparation is limited by reaching the colon descendens. A camera trocar is inserted and under laparoscopic vision the preparation is completed placing the instruments directly via the opened anus. After reaching the healthy colon segment, the pull-through is completed transanally. One of the main advantages of ERP is the sparing dissection. Our modification combines advantages of laparoscopy and ERP. The umbilical camera allows an excellent view while the instruments for dissection are used like with ERP without any further trocar or traction of the anal sphincter. The dispensation of any transanal trocar allows a higher grade of freedom in preparation and possibly a smaller trauma on the distal anal channel. MDPI 2022-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9139831/ /pubmed/35626766 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9050588 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Transanal Endoscopic-Assisted Pull-Through Colectomy for Children with High Intestinal Aganglionosis
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title_full_unstemmed Transanal Endoscopic-Assisted Pull-Through Colectomy for Children with High Intestinal Aganglionosis
title_short Transanal Endoscopic-Assisted Pull-Through Colectomy for Children with High Intestinal Aganglionosis
title_sort transanal endoscopic-assisted pull-through colectomy for children with high intestinal aganglionosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9139831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35626766
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9050588
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