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Transanal endorectal stepwise gradient muscular cuff cutting pull‑through method: Technique refinements and comparison with laparoscopy‑assisted procedures

  • Authors:
    • Zebing Zheng
    • Fan Zhang
    • Zhu Jin
    • Mingjuan Gao
    • Yuchen Mao
    • Yan Qu
    • Yuanmei Liu

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  • Published online on: July 6, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6414
  • Pages: 2144-2151
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Abstract

In all existing radical resection procedures available for Hirschprung's disease (HD), the muscular cuff has been retained. In recent years, our study group has modified the procedure using a stepwise gradient muscular cuff cutting pull‑through method for the treatment of HD. The objective of the present study was to assess patient prognosis following the use of the transanal endorectal pull‑through (TEPT) method or the laparoscopy‑assisted pull‑through (LPT) method and to provide evidence to assist in clinical decisions. The medical records of 172 patients (age, ≥3 years) who underwent TEPT or LPT for HD between September 2003 and August 2014 at the Pediatric Surgery Department of The Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College (Zunyi, China) were reviewed (TEPT, n=94; LPT, n=78). Preoperative, intraoperative and post‑operative data for the subjects involved were recorded. Each patient's family was interviewed using a uniform 12‑item post‑pull‑through long‑term outcome questionnaire, which was scored in order to compare the short and long‑term treatment outcomes of patients in each group. Patients in the LPT group had significantly prolonged operating times, reduced intraoperative blood loss and perioperative transfusion rates and shorter anal dissection times. Furthermore, the oral feeding time and length of hospital stay were similar between groups. There were no significant differences in early complications between the groups. No significant differences in late complications, including anastomotic stricture and enterocolitis were observed; however, the soiling and constipation rates were significantly higher in the TEPT group compared with the LPT group. The stool pattern score was not significantly different between groups, while the frequency of bowel movements in the LPT group was significantly higher compared with the TEPT group from 9‑24 months post‑surgery. The stepwise gradient muscular cuff cutting pull‑through method demonstrated a good safety profile and efficacy with regard to the long‑term outcomes of patients with HD. These results support the clinical application of LPT as a promising surgical approach for children with HD.
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Zheng Z, Zhang F, Jin Z, Gao M, Mao Y, Qu Y and Liu Y: Transanal endorectal stepwise gradient muscular cuff cutting pull‑through method: Technique refinements and comparison with laparoscopy‑assisted procedures. Exp Ther Med 16: 2144-2151, 2018
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Zheng, Z., Zhang, F., Jin, Z., Gao, M., Mao, Y., Qu, Y., & Liu, Y. (2018). Transanal endorectal stepwise gradient muscular cuff cutting pull‑through method: Technique refinements and comparison with laparoscopy‑assisted procedures. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 16, 2144-2151. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6414
MLA
Zheng, Z., Zhang, F., Jin, Z., Gao, M., Mao, Y., Qu, Y., Liu, Y."Transanal endorectal stepwise gradient muscular cuff cutting pull‑through method: Technique refinements and comparison with laparoscopy‑assisted procedures". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 16.3 (2018): 2144-2151.
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Zheng, Z., Zhang, F., Jin, Z., Gao, M., Mao, Y., Qu, Y., Liu, Y."Transanal endorectal stepwise gradient muscular cuff cutting pull‑through method: Technique refinements and comparison with laparoscopy‑assisted procedures". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 16, no. 3 (2018): 2144-2151. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6414