Overview
- The definite reference on Hirschsprung's Disease now in its third edition
- International update on its science and surgery
- Special emphasis on laparoscopic approach
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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"Hirschsprung's Disease and Allied Disorders" is the third edition of a comprehensive study of the neuronal disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract in children. Important new studies and progress in research on bowel motility and motility disorders are covered in detail as well as new aspects concerning the embryology, functional anatomy of the enteric nervous system. In particular new insights have been received from the studies in the genetics of Hirschsprung's disease. Special emphasis is laid on new surgical techniques, especially on the laparoscopic approach in combination with Soave's or Duhamel's technique.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hirschsprung's Disease and Allied Disorders
Editors: Alexander Matthias Holschneider, Prem Puri
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33935-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-33934-2Published: 30 November 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-33935-9Published: 08 December 2007
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XVIII, 414
Additional Information: Originally published by Hippokrates Verlag GmbH, Thieme-Stratton Inc., New York, 1982
Topics: Pediatric Surgery, Surgery, Pediatrics, Colorectal Surgery, Gastroenterology