Original Article

MULTIPLE CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE COLON RETORT OF CASE WITH OPERATIONS

Authors: Harry J. Warthex, M.D.

Abstract

SUMMARYA case of multiple congenital abnormalities of the colon in a seven-year-old boy has been reported. These anomalies included an imperforate anus, absence of the sphincter muscles, megacolon and arrested rotation of the colon.The stricture was dilated, the incontinence was corrected by a Stone fascial transplant threaded through the adjacent gluteal muscles and the megacolon was remedied by a bilateral lumbar ganglionectomy and ramisectomy.

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