Abstract | PURPOSE: A case of an adult patient with the anorectal malformation of a rectovestibular fistula successfully repaired by performing a posterior sagittal anorectoplasty is reported. This case should increase the awareness of both primary and secondary anorectal malformations in the adult patient. METHODS: Management and outcome of an adult patient who presented with a rectovaginal fistula and underwent primary operative correction of her anorectal malformation using posterior sagittal anorectoplasty is reviewed. RESULTS: Total continence was achieved in an adult patient undergoing primary repair of a rectovaginal fistula using posterior sagittal anorectoplasty. CONCLUSION: Posterior sagittal anorectoplasty can be successfully performed in the adult patient for a primary repair of anorectal malformations. This operation should be considered in patients who have undergone another prior operative procedure with less than optimum function and now desire a secondary corrective procedure.
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Authors | C L Simmang, E Paquette, D Tapper, R Holland |
Journal | Diseases of the colon and rectum
(Dis Colon Rectum)
Vol. 40
Issue 9
Pg. 1119-23
(Sep 1997)
ISSN: 0012-3706 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9293944
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Female
- Humans
- Rectovaginal Fistula
(surgery)
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
(methods)
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