Mucosal proctectomy and colo-anal anastomosis as treatment of rectal atresia

A case of rectal atresia associated with rectobulbar urethral fistula

“…In 1995, Vaneerdeweg et al [4] reported Fig. 2 The distance between the upper pouch shown by barium injected through the transverse colostomy into the bowel and the probe in the anus can be seen clearly.…”

“…Many corrective surgical procedures have been described, with widely differing results [2][3][4][5]. Only one case of rectal atresia associated with urinary fistula has been reported in which the upper pouch had a fistulous communication with the bladder neck and the lower pouch had a fistulous communication with the bulbous urethra [2].…”

Laparoscopic and transanal approach for rectal atresia: a novel alternative

“…The rectal pouch is freed by laparoscopic dissection. It causes less trauma to abdominal cavity in comparison with an abdominal approach [4]. The laparoscopic stage is easy and short N.T.…”

“…These techniques include abdominoperineal pull-through, single sacral approach, abdominal and transanal approach, single transanal approach, and posterior sagittal approach [1,[3][4][5][6]8].…”

“…In the surgical management of this condition, an ideal operation should preserve and use those elements to achieve postoperative fecal continence. However, there are still controversies concerning approaches and techniques in the management of this rare problem [1][2][3][4][5][6].…”