Diagnosis, Symptoms, and Outcomes of Hirschsprung’s Disease from the Perspective of Gender
Table 2
Preoperative data presented as median (range) in days. The number of included patients was 39 boys and 12 girls; however information was missing in some of the patients’ journals. PAD refers to Pathological Anatomical Diagnosis.
Boys ()
Girls ()
Age at first symptom
1 (1–228)
1 (1–102)
0.22
Age at contact with pediatric surgeon
3 (1–1119)
3 (1–1054)
0.65
Duration of symptom
2 (0–952)
1 (0–952)
0.72
Age at biopsy
8 (1–1138)
10 (2–1054)
0.56
Age at histological diagnosis (PAD)
23 (7–1159)
23 (10–1072)
0.41
Time from histological diagnosis (PAD) to TERPT decision
5 (0–367)
3 (0–76)
0.54
Age at TERPT
47 (12–1279)
51 (15–1254)
0.46
Time from first contact with a pediatric surgeon to TERPT
