Treatment in Hirschsprung's disease allied disorder (HAD) is surgical. In HAD, surgery is always a question. We investigated the value of ganglia/nerve fibers ratio in prediction of the need for invasive procedures in HAD. Sections of full thickness bowel specimens of 14 patients were stained with antibodies marking ganglia (Anti-Neuron-Specific Enolase, Anti-NSE) and marking nerve fibers (S-100). Six out of seven patients indicated for surgery had low ganglia/nerve fibers ratio. Five out of seven patients, not showing the need for surgery, had high ganglia/nerve fibers ratio. We propose that a lower ganglia/nerve fiber ratio can be used as a predictor of increased need for surgery in HAD.
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