Turkish Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Daver YEKER(

Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Çocuk Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye

Keywords: Hirschsprung’s disease, history, surgical treatment

Abstract

Hirschsprung’s disease is a functional intestinal obstruction which develops due to absence of the ganglion cells in colon. The aim of this article is to present the historical evaluation of the disease and its surgical treatment.