{"title":"Postoperative acetylcholinesterase activity in Hirschsprung's disease.","authors":"S Goto, K Ikeda, K Kume, A Nakagawara","doi":"10.1055/s-2008-1066363","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Histochemical staining and biochemical assay of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity were applied to rectal suction biopsy tissue from patients treated by Z-shaped anastomosis for Hirschsprung's disease. Postoperative AChE activity and AChE/Total ChE (% AChE) in the rectal anterior wall were significantly higher (p < 0.001) than those in the posterior wall. Biochemical AChE activity was well correlative to visual mucosal AChE activity. It is remarkable that AChE activity in the rectal anterior wall after Z-shaped anastomosis was found to be kept at high level for a long period without any relation to the time interval after the operation, the ano-rectal function, and the recto-anal reflex.</p>","PeriodicalId":76847,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie und Grenzgebiete","volume":"30 3","pages":"217-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1980-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1055/s-2008-1066363","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie und Grenzgebiete","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1066363","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Histochemical staining and biochemical assay of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity were applied to rectal suction biopsy tissue from patients treated by Z-shaped anastomosis for Hirschsprung's disease. Postoperative AChE activity and AChE/Total ChE (% AChE) in the rectal anterior wall were significantly higher (p < 0.001) than those in the posterior wall. Biochemical AChE activity was well correlative to visual mucosal AChE activity. It is remarkable that AChE activity in the rectal anterior wall after Z-shaped anastomosis was found to be kept at high level for a long period without any relation to the time interval after the operation, the ano-rectal function, and the recto-anal reflex.