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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Bowel Function and Quality of Life After Transanal Endorectal Pull-through for Hirschsprung Disease: Controlled Outcomes up to Adulthood.
Annals of Surgery 2017 March
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to define controlled outcomes up to adulthood for bowel function and quality of life (QoL) after transanal endorectal pull-through (TEPT) for Hirschsprung disease (HD).
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Although TEPT is the surgical standard for HD, controlled long-term follow-up studies evaluating bowel function and QoL are lacking.
METHODS: Patients aged ≥4 years operated for HD with TEPT between 1987 and 2011 answered detailed questionnaires on bowel function and QoL [Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL, age <18 yrs) or Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI) and SF-36]. Patients were compared with 3 age- and gender-matched controls each randomly selected from the general population.
RESULTS: Seventy-nine patients (64%) responded (median age 15, range 4-32 years; 86% rectosigmoid aganglionosis). Compared with controls, patients reported impairment of all aspects of fecal control (P < 0.05), except constipation. In cross-section, 75% of patients were socially continent (vs 98% of controls; P < 0.001). Soiling, fecal accidents, rectal sensation, and ability to withhold defecation improved with age to levels comparable to controls by adulthood (P = NS), but stooling frequency remained higher in 44% of patients (P < 0.05 vs controls). PedsQL domains in childhood were equal to controls (P = NS), except for proxy-reports of sadness/depression. Adults exhibited lower emotional scores, limitation of personal, and sexual relationships (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Compared with matched peers, significant impairment of fecal control prevails after TEPT in HD patients during childhood, but symptoms diminish with age. Although overall QoL appeared comparable to controls, impairment of emotional and sexual domains may prevail in adulthood.
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Although TEPT is the surgical standard for HD, controlled long-term follow-up studies evaluating bowel function and QoL are lacking.
METHODS: Patients aged ≥4 years operated for HD with TEPT between 1987 and 2011 answered detailed questionnaires on bowel function and QoL [Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL, age <18 yrs) or Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI) and SF-36]. Patients were compared with 3 age- and gender-matched controls each randomly selected from the general population.
RESULTS: Seventy-nine patients (64%) responded (median age 15, range 4-32 years; 86% rectosigmoid aganglionosis). Compared with controls, patients reported impairment of all aspects of fecal control (P < 0.05), except constipation. In cross-section, 75% of patients were socially continent (vs 98% of controls; P < 0.001). Soiling, fecal accidents, rectal sensation, and ability to withhold defecation improved with age to levels comparable to controls by adulthood (P = NS), but stooling frequency remained higher in 44% of patients (P < 0.05 vs controls). PedsQL domains in childhood were equal to controls (P = NS), except for proxy-reports of sadness/depression. Adults exhibited lower emotional scores, limitation of personal, and sexual relationships (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Compared with matched peers, significant impairment of fecal control prevails after TEPT in HD patients during childhood, but symptoms diminish with age. Although overall QoL appeared comparable to controls, impairment of emotional and sexual domains may prevail in adulthood.
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