Fish mouth and parachute surgical technique for hirschsprung's disease: our experience in 254 cases with a modified form of Duhamel-Martin procedure.

PURPOSE: This study examined the long-term therapeutic effect of fish mouth and parachute technique anastomosis for Hirschsprung's disease.

METHODS

From March 1992 to October 2002, we performed one-stage fish mouth and parachute technique anastomosis for 293 patients with Hirschsprung's disease. Two hundred and fifty-four patients (79 percent) were followed up for three to five years. The operative outcome and postoperative complications were retrospectively analyzed.

RESULTS

Two hundred ninety-three patients were included in the study, the majority of patients were male (n = 205, 70 percent) and ages ranged between 8 months and five years. Early complications were low (n = 7, 2.3 percent) and included urine retention (n = 2), enteritis (n = 2), and intestinal obstruction (n = 3). No infection of the abdominal cavity or wound, anastomotic leakage, or death occurred in any patients. Late complications were present in 10 cases (3.4 percent).

CONCLUSIONS

The fish mouth and parachute surgical technique procedure showed some practical benefits and fewer complications than traditional surgical techniques for the treatment of Hirschsprung' s disease.