Highlights
Early post-operative trans-anal shunt protrusion is a rare presentation.
Patients may be asymptomatic.
With concomitant bowel surgery, it may indicate intraoperative occult bowel injury.
Early post-operative follow up shunt imaging is recommended in this group.
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