Diagnostic Efficacy of Rectal Suction Biopsy with Regard to Weight in Children Investigated for Hirschsprung's Disease.

Emma FranssonChristina GraneliKristine HagelsteenLouise TofftMette HambraeusRodrigo Urdar Munoz MitevDavid GisselssonPernilla Stenström

Published in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)

The RSB diagnostic efficacy was significantly higher in children weighing less than 9.0 kg and was less in aganglionic compared to ganglionic tissue. Therefore, weight can be useful to predict RSB diagnostic efficacy.

Keyphrases

young adults
body mass index
physical activity
weight loss
rectal cancer