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CC BY 4.0 · European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2020; 08(01): e108-e111
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721051
Case Report

Image of the Month: High Pressure Distal Colostogram in a Patient with an Anorectal Malformation

Anisha Apte
1   Department of Surgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
,
Giulia Brisighelli 
2   Department of Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
,
Elise McKenna
3   Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
,
Marc A. Levitt
1   Department of Surgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
3   Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
4   Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Surgery, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Abstract

An adequately performed high pressure distal colostogram is crucial to plan surgery in male patients born with anorectal malformations. We present two male patients that underwent a divided sigmoid colostomy with distal mucus fistula in the neonatal period and at 6 months of age underwent a high pressure distal colostogram. In the discussion, we will give some tricks beyond the known rules: how to correctly interpret a high pressure distal colostogram, how to identify the level of a recto-urinary fistula, and how to accurately plan the surgical approach.

Keywords

high pressure distal colostogram - anorectal malformation - recto-urinary fistula


Publication History

Received: 29 May 2020

Accepted: 18 August 2020

Article published online:
23 November 2020

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