TY - JOUR
T1 - Laparoscopic repair of long-gap rectal atresia
AU - Ahn, Mollie
AU - Cummins, Claire B.
AU - Tran, Sifrance
AU - Bowen-Jallow, Kanika A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Long-gap rectal atresia, as defined by a distance greater than 3 cm, is an uncommon type of a rare anorectal malformation (ARM). We report the successful completion of a 3-stage procedure including colostomy and mucous fistula creation, laparoscopic-assisted transanal endorectal pull-through, and colostomy take-down in a patient with long-gap rectal atresia.
AB - Long-gap rectal atresia, as defined by a distance greater than 3 cm, is an uncommon type of a rare anorectal malformation (ARM). We report the successful completion of a 3-stage procedure including colostomy and mucous fistula creation, laparoscopic-assisted transanal endorectal pull-through, and colostomy take-down in a patient with long-gap rectal atresia.
KW - Anorectal malformation
KW - Laparoscopic-assisted anorectal pull-through
KW - Minimally invasive surgery
KW - Rectal atresia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.epsc.2018.12.018
DO - 10.1016/j.epsc.2018.12.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059327605
VL - 42
SP - 54
EP - 57
JO - Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
JF - Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
SN - 2213-5766
ER -