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CT of anorectal malformation — a postoperative evaluation

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In spite of the progress in the field of surgical treatment of anorectal malformations, faecal incontinence is, in variable degrees, still an unpleasant and frequent postoperative sequela. Postoperative CT demonstrate the location of the pulled-through intestine, including whether it had been correctly placed through the levator ani and in the spincteric muscular complex. In our nine patients we discovered a correlation between the CT findings and the clinical picture. The cases of incontinence whether associated with sacral anomalies or not were characterized either by marked hypoplasia of musculature or by the pull-through having missed the sphincteric musculature. CT scans could be of use in planning further surgery.

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Taccone, A., Martucciello, G., Fondelli, P. et al. CT of anorectal malformation — a postoperative evaluation. Pediatr Radiol 19, 375–378 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02387631

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