The Management of Hirschsprung's Disease in the Older Child with Advanced Megacolon

Jordan J. Weitzman

Product Details
Product ID: ACS-1549
Year Produced: 1988
Length: 18 min.


The management of Hirschsprung's disease in the older child with advanced megacolon is quite different from that of the patient diagnosed during infancy. This film demonstrates the appliction of the Swenson Pull-Through operation in treating an 11 year old boy with advanced congenital megacolon in a one-stage operation without a preliminary colostomy.