Philipp Romero, Astrid Burger, Erica Wennberg, Stefanie Schmitteckert, Stefan Holland-Cunz, Constantin Schwab, Patrick Günther
Clinical Relevance of Pathological Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's Disease with Acetylcholine-Esterase Histochemistry or Calretinin Immunohistochemistry
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
functional surgery fs often used correct congenital acquired deformities neurological patients along functional results short mediumterm patient satisfaction always considered key goal surgery rehabilitation aim study assess short mediumterm satisfaction patients underwent fs correlation perceived improvements invitation anonymous online survey sent via email neurological adult patients caregivers children underwent lower upper limb fs 2018 2020 period survey investigated patients satisfaction surgery variation pain adls level independence body image selfesteem social interaction skills participation social events leisure activities sports use orthoses walking aids descriptive data analysis performed correlations assessed using kendalls tau 122 324 adults 53 163 childrens caregivers filled questionnaire response rate approaching 40 eightythree percent adult respondents 87 childrens caregivers satisfied satisfied short medium terms reported expectations met satisfaction significantly correlated p 001 improvements functional abilities social participation selfesteem pain reduction half adults 40 children stopped using orthoses replaced lighter ones dissatisfaction worsened conditions reported 10 respondents according patients caregivers fs satisfactory short medium terms following improvements icf domains patients