Laparoscopic Approach for Rectosigmoidian Resection in Children
M. Oancea, L. Vatra, A. Kadar, C. CopăescuHow I do it, no. 1, 2014
Abdominoperineal approach for rectosigmoidian resection,first imagined and performed in 1948 by Orwar Swenson,was the surgical technique that opened the pathway in thetreatment of congenital megacolon (1). B. Duhamel (1956) and F. Soave (1964) intended to correct the postoperative complicationsappeared after the Duhamel technique andproposed surgical procedures that keep the aganglionicrectum in transit (2,3). In 1994 K. Bax reproduces theDuhamel procedure using laparoscopic approach (4). K.Georgeson, in 1995, reproduced the Swenson technique forrectosigmoidian resection using minimal invasive surgery (5).Today, this approach represents the most frequently usedprocedure for the radical treatment of congenital megacolon.
