Rectosigmoid Hirschsprung's disease is usually amenable to minimally invasive primary neonatal pull-through. This may be performed either entirely transanally or with laparoscopic assistance for biopsies with or without colonic mobilization. In our center, all dissection is performed transanally; laparoscopy is used for obtaining colonic biopsies and orientation of the pulled-through bowel segment. In this paper, we describe our initial experience of a consecutive cohort of 20 one-stage laparoscopic-assisted endorectal pull-through (LAEPT) procedures. A historic consecutive cohort of 22 infants who underwent the same open endorectal pull-through (OPT) with open transabdominal mobilization was used for comparison. Age at operation and mean theater time were not significantly different. The mean postoperative stay was significantly reduced in the laparoscopic group (LAEPT 3.8 days vs. OPT 9.5 days; P = 0.0002). Readmission and enterocolitis rates in the first postoperative year did not differ significantly. LAEPT permits early intraoperative biopsies with a visualization of the pull-through to prevent twisting of the bowel.
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