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Congenital developmental cysts are the most common retrorectal tumors. Five adult patients, two men and three women, with congenital developmental cysts were operated on via a posterolateral approach through a parasacrococcygeal incision. All wounds healed primarily with no infection or other complications. Recurrent perianal infections and repeated anorectal operations suggest the possibility of retrorectal growths; thus diagnosis requires physician awareness. Computerized tomography is the best preoperative diagnostic test to delineate anatomy and to rule out bony involvement. Because of an infection rate of approximately 30 percent, as well as the presence of symptoms and malignancy in 8 percent of the patients, surgical excision is the treatment of choice. The authors use a posterolateral approach that provides excellent exposure and obviates the need for removal of the coccyx or transection of the sphincter muscle. The authors believe this to be the procedure of choice for excision of retrorectal cystic lesions.
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Abel, M.E., Nelson, R., Prasad, M.L. et al. Parasacrococcygeal approach for the resection of retrorectal developmental cysts. Dis Colon Rectum 28, 855–858 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02555492
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