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A report is presented of an infant with total colon aganglionosis (TCA) with ileal involvement in whom a modified Duhamel procedure was used accompanied by a right colon patch graft 12 cm in length using a GIA-90 stapler at 3 months of age. The patient with TCA is usually treated by an initial diverting ileostomy followed by a definitive operation performed several months later. However, the management during the ileostomy period is associated with a variety of problems. In to minimize the resulting complications, we developed a procedure to allow a much earlier definitive operation.
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Yamagiwa, I., Obata, K. & Kohi, M. Early definitive surgery for total colon aganglionosis: Duhamel procedure with right colon patch graft using GIA stapler. Pediatr Surg Int 11, 432–433 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00497842
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