[Alertness is its own reward: adult type Hirschprung's disease--clinical description of first two cases in Israel].

Hirschprung disease is well known. The basic pathogenesis is lack of parasympathetic ganglia in the large bowel wall, part of it, or all of it. The absence of these ganglia paralyzes the involved segment leading to obstruction.

Milligan-Morgan hemorrhoidectomy under local anesthesia - an old operation that stood the test of time. A single-team experience with 2,280 operations.

Purpose: This study was carried out to evaluate the morbidity and efficacy of Milligan-Morgan (M&M) hemorrhoidectomy in comparison to novel techniques (e.g., hemorrhoidal artery ligation [HAL], stapler hemorrhoidopexy [PPH]).