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| Year : 2015 | Volume
: 20
| Issue : 1 | Page : 48-50 |
Incidentally found rectal duplication during surgery for rectovestibular fistula and its management
Dhiraj K Balaji, Mamatha Basavaraju
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vydehi Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre, Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Mamatha Basavaraju
No. 178/2, Shivakrupa, Venkatapura 5th Cross, Koramangala, Bangalore - 560 034, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.145556
Association of rectal duplication with rectovestibular fistula is rare. A 3-month-old patient underwent primary posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP) for rectovestibular fistula. During surgery the patient was found to have a rectal duplication (RD). We managed the case by excising the common wall and fenestrating the two lumens together and completed the PSARP.
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