Manoj Joshi
Department of Department of Pediatric Surgery, SSH and MGMMC, Indore, IndiaPublications
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Research Article
Colonic atresia and Hirschsprung?s disease Concurrence-A Myth or A Reality
Author(s): Maneesh Kumar Joleya*, Ashok Laddha, Vinod Raj, Pooja Tiwari, Shashi Shankar Sharma, Ram Mohan Shukla, Brijesh Lahoti and Manoj Joshi
Background/Purpose: Colonic Atresia (CA) is a rare cause of bowel obstruction in neonates. The present study was designed to discuss surgical management of this rare entity with special emphasis on its association with Hirschsprung’s Disease (HD) which is often missed. Methods: All cases of CA who presented to our centre from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2021 were retrospectively reviewed and data was collected regarding type of atresia, surgical management done, outcome, whether histopathology was done and association with HD. Results: The study reviewed 7 new-borns with CA treated in our centre (5 cases of type III, 2 cases of type II) with 1 having associated Anorectal Malformation (ARM). All the cases were diagnosed based on intraoperative finding and initial surgical management was done by performin.. Read More»