%0 Journal Article
%A Gretser, Steffen
%A Weber, Katharina
%A Braun, Yannick
%A Harter, Patrick N
%A Rolle, Udo
%A McNally, Janet
%A Gradhand, Elise
%T Tissue Shrinkage of Resected Specimens in Hirschsprung's Disease: Why Pediatric Surgeons Think the Bowel Specimen was Longer Than Indicated in the Pathology Report.
%J Pediatric and developmental pathology
%V 26
%N 3
%@ 1093-5266
%C Thousand Oaks, CA
%I Sage Publishing
%M DKFZ-2023-00657
%P 287-291
%D 2023
%Z 2023 May-Jun;26(3):287-291
%X Hirschsprung disease (HD) is an aganglionosis of variable length starting at the rectosigmoid colon with surgery as sole therapeutic option. The length of the resected bowel segment is a crucial information for the treating surgeons and influences the prognosis of the patient. It is often artificially altered due to post operative tissue shrinkage. The objective of this study is to quantify the extent tissue shrinkage of HD specimens.Colorectal HD specimens were measured at the time of surgery and at the time of cut-up, either fresh or after formalin fixation and statistically analyzed.Sixteen colorectal specimens were included. Following formalin fixation the specimen length decreased by 22.7
%K GI (Other)
%K Hirschsprung (Other)
%K PediPath (Other)
%K Surg Path (Other)
%K neuropathology (Other)
%K pediatric (Other)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:36994845
%R 10.1177/10935266231162684
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/274580