• Endovascular Salvage of Dysfunctional Autogenous Vascular Access
    Ahmed M. Almahrouky , Mohamed Rafik
  • Radiofrequency vs Laser Ablation for Great Saphenous Reflux Under Regional Femoral Nerve Block
    Ahmed Faraghaly¹, Ahmed Elmarakby¹, Ahmed Gamal Eldin Fouad¹, Fatma Zeinhom² & Wesam El-Din Sultan³
  • Duplex Guided Angioplasty for Femoro-popliteal Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Feasibility and Short-term Outcomes
    Ahmad Gamal1, Haitham A. Eldmarany1, Ahmed Farghaly1, Ahmed Elmarakby1, Ayman Refaat2.
  • Mammographic Assessment of Fat Graft Retention Volume in Aesthetic Breast Cases: A Quantitative and Qualitative Tool
    Ahmed Nawar1, Waleed Reda1, Ahmed Safwat1, Sahar Mansour2
  • The Normal Variations of the Caliber of Oesophageal Hiatus in Adults
    Mohamed Saber MSc, Tarek Hegazy MD,MRCS
  • Endovenous Laser Versus Radiofrequency Ablation of Great Saphenous Vein: Early Postoperative Results
    Hossam Elmahdy; Waleed Eldaly; Hussein Elwan; Baker Ghoneim
  • Gastric Volvulus Complicating Hiatal Hernia
    Ahmed H. Ali FRCS and Hany Rafik MD
  • Abdominal Component Separation in Cases of Wound Dehiscence with Evisceration (Burst Abdomen)
    Hany M S Mikhail MD, FRCS, Hany A. Balamoun MD, FRCS
  • Study of reoperation after Pancreatico-duodenectomy
    Abd Elrahman Elmaraghy, Mahmoud Saad Farahat and Mohammed abdo MD
  • Effect of Preoperative Dexamethasone before Total Thyroidectomy on Postoperative Nausea, Vomiting, Pain and Voice Dysfunction
    Mahmoud Saad1, Haitham Mostafa Elmaleh1and Safaa Refaat El-Sady2
  • Harmonic Scalpel versus Conventional Hemostatic Technique in Patients with Thyrotoxicosis undergoing Total Thyroidectomy
    Ahmed H. Ali,FRCS
  • The Genetic Association of VKORC1 (-1639G<A) Polymorphism with Warfarin Dose Requirements among Egyptian Patients with Venous Thromboembolism
    1Amr Mohamed Salem, 2Mohamed Mohamed Mokhtar, 2Sahar Ahmed El Shafei, 3Omaima Gaber Yassine, 2Eman Farouk Safwat
  • Endoscopic Transaxillary Silicone Gel Filled Breast Augmentation: Early Experience in Egyptian Females
    Shehab Soliman , Ahmed F. Aborady
  • Therapeutic Laparoscopy from the Start Vs Diagnostic Laparoscopy First for Acute Abdomen: Would Outcomes Differ?
    Mr. Ayman M. A. Osman1 MD, MRCS (Eng); Mr. Sameh A. Mikhail1 MD, FRCS (Eng), MRCS (Eng); Mr. Mohamed E. Alkashty1 M.Sc.; Prof. Mohamed H.A. Fahmy1 MD.
  • Hybrid Repair Combining Common Femoral Endarterectomy and Iliac Stenting for Iliofemoral Arterial Occlusive Disease
    Sherif Essam Eldin Tawfik; Ahmed Farouk Abdelmohsen; Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-salam Rizk
  • Short Term Results of Retrograde Transpopliteal Access in Management Flush Superficial Femoral Artery Chronic Total Occlusions.
    Marwan Yousry, Hossam El Mahdy, Walied Eldaly, Hussein Elwan
  • Comparative Study Between Modified Koyanagi and Duckett Tube Techniques in Management of Proximal Types of Hypospadias
    Wael Ghanem MD*, and Mohamed Eldebeiky MD, FRCS*, Ayman Albaghdady MD*
  • Transanal Swenson Pullthrough in Hirschsprung Disease: Ain Shams University Experience
    Wael Ghanem MD
  • Biliary Gastritis Following Laparoscopic Mini Gastric Bypass: Is there a Role for H. Pylori?
    Sameh Mikhail1, Shady Elghazaly Harb 1, Sherif M. Mokhtar 1, Mohamed ElNady 2
  • Endovascular Treatment of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury of the Descending Thoracic Aorta; Experience with 14 Cases Over 3 Years
    Amr Saleh El Bahaey and Haitham A.Eldmarany
  • Feasibility, Short and Mid-term Outcomes of Endovascular Management of Subclavian Artery Aneurysms
    Haitham A. Eldmarany1, Amr Saleh El Bahaey2
  • Transanal Swenson Pullthrough in Hirschsprung Disease: Ain Shams University Experience

    Wael Ghanem MD
    Pediatric Surgery Department, Ain Shams University

    Introduction: Hirschsprung’s disease (HD) constitutes a serious developmental disorder of alimentary system resulting in functional obstruction secondary to absence of ganglion cells in distal region of intestinal wall. Inappropriate treatment of the disease entails a risk of life-threatening sequalae including enterocolitis in neonates or failure to thrive with defecation problems in older children. Several creative approaches have been described in the surgical management of Hirschsprung’s disease. Aim of this Study: is to report our experience and initial results of the Transanal Swenson PullThrough (TSPT) technique performed on 35 Hirschsprung patients because there are technical aspects in this operation that differ from the method originally described by Swenson. Materials and Methods: Our study includes 35 patients with HD (22 boys and 13 girls) who underwent TSPT at Ain Shams University Hospitals with an age range between 3 months and 3 years within a time range of 5 years from January 2011 till December 2015. Results: Postoperative complications included anastomotic stricture in 2 patients (5.7 %), enterocolitis in 3 patients (8.5 %), urethral injury in 2 patients (5.7 %),Perianal excoriation in 3 patients (8.5 %) and fecal incontinence in 1 patient (2.8 %). The overall complication rate is 11/35 (31.4 %). There were no anastomotic leaks or bowel obstruction. Defecation rate of 1–3 times per day was noted in 80% (28/35) of cases within six months of surgery and 14.2% (5/35) at 1 to 2 years post surgery. There were no mortalities in the series. Discussion: Dissection of the aganglionic segment was pretty stressful as we were aiming at confining the dissection plane as close to the bowel wall as possible, to avoid injuring thepresacral plexus and anterior structure of the pelvis. Another critical issue was related to the evaluation of the transition zone. We had comparable results and post operative complications with other studies, yet less operative time. Conclusion: Our initial results are really promising. By applying a meticulous dissection strategy, injury to the surrounding structures can be avoided and blood loss can be minimized. So we can conclude that this technique has acceptable short-term outcomes. A long-term follow-up would still be necessary to assess the real impact of the technique on children's wellbeing as they grow up. Key Words: Transanal Swenson pull-through, Hirschsprung disease, one-stage transanal procedure, transanal rectosigmoidectomy, trophic feeding, post-operative encopresis, enterocolitis.