Acquired Megacolon As a Complication of Recto-sigmoidectomy for Hirschsprung's Disease

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Abstract
The case is described of a 21/2-year-old child with Hirschsprung''s disease, who, following a recto-sigmoidectomy, developed a severe degree of megacolon, which was considered to have resulted from impairment of the vascular supply to the colon at the time of operation, causing degeneration of the ganglion cells.