[Video-assisted surgery of Hirschsprung's disease in children].

Results of the laparoscopic treatment of 36 patients with Hirschsprung's disease were analyzed. The majority of patients were the newborns or before 12 months old. The use of laparoscopy permitted a full-fledged topical diagnostics, aganglionosis zone identification, gut mobilization and voiding. Laparoscopic method also allowed to decrease the ICU stay in 3,1 times and start breastfeeding earlier, lessen the pelvic floor intraoperative traumatization and decrease the level of commissural and inflammatory complications. Good and excellent functional results were achieved in 93,7% of children, stenosis of the anastomotic area was registered postoperatively in 2 patients.