Asa G Yancey:The First to Describe a Modification of the Swenson Technique for Hirschsprung Disease

Historical analysis reveals that Asa Yancey, a Black surgeon, described the endorectal pull-through technique for Hirschsprung disease twelve years before it was attributed to Soave and Boley. This article examines the evidence and explores factors that may have prevented Yancey from receiving proper recognition for this surgical innovation.