History of surgery for Hirschsprung disease: a view from Melbourne
The modern story of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) begins in 1886 in Berlin, when Harald Hirschsprung, a professor of pediatrics in Copenhagen, presented a case report of two infants with constipation who died and had colonic dilatation and hypertrophy.
Authors
- Sebastian K. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5396-0265)
- John M. Hutson
Institutions
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Pediatric Surgery
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/wjps-2024-000935
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01