[The elasticity co-efficient of the rectal wall (E.C.R.P.). A prognostic test for Hirschsprung's disease (author's transl)].

In a situation where all authors are agreed on the significant morbidity of a colostomy in Hirschsprung's disease, the new test described by the authors would appear to help, if not "resolve" the always difficult choice between a colostomy and simple nursing in the intermeditary treatment of Hirschsprung's disease of the newborn.