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The Colorectal Quiz Episode 4: Classic Hirschsprung disease - Surgical Technique
In this episode of the Colorectal Quiz, Dr. Marc Levitt and Dr. Jason Frischer discuss considerations when operating on a patient with classic distal sigmoid Hirschsprung disease with special guests Dr. Aaron Garrison and Dr. Andrea Badillo.
Sections
- Introduction (00:00)
- Case presentation and diagnosis (03:44)
- Preoperative considerations (05:00)
- Surgical approach (05:27)
- Obtaining biopsies (07:12)
- Port placement (08:11)
- Taking the mesentery (09:23)
- Pathology report (10:00)
- The pull through (11:00)
- Arterial considerations (12:20)
- Transanal approach (12:54)
- Positioning (14:58)
- Landing zone for the pull through (15:46)
- The anastomosis (16:29)
- Outro (17:20)
