In the operation for Hirschsprung’s disease, an intraoperative pathological diagnosis
is necessary to assess the extent of abnormal area of the enteric nervous system (ENS)
(aganglionic area). ENS stretches throughout the gastrointestinal tract in a network
pattern; therefore, the intraoperative pathological diagnosis evaluating only a small
isolated area, is not appropriate to identify the aganglionic area during the surgery.
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