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Rectal atresia with a normal anus is rare, and the choice of the surgical procedure employed for its correction is controversial. A male infant with supralevator-type rectal membranous atresia who had presented with perforation of the sigmoid colon at 2 days of age and subsequently had a sigmoid colostomy for decompression underwent resection of the atretic lesion with the aid of the colonofiberscope at 1 month of age. Bougienage was employed for 6 months after the operation. No functional deficits have been observed, and the infant remains continent.
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Yagi, M., Iwafuchi, M., Uchiyama, M. et al. Rectal membranous atresia: sutureless endoscopic repair. Pediatr Surg Int 10, 56–57 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00174447
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