Imperforate Anus and Congenital Rectal Fistulae

Imperforate Anus, Rectovaginal and Rectovesical Fistulae

The rectum is the last live inches of large intestine continuous above with the pelvic colon and below with annal canal. Its upper twothirds are covered with peritoneum in front and sides, and in front only in its lower part. Above and anteriorly the rectum is related to rectovesical pouch in males or recto-uterine pouch in females. Below this it is in relation with a portion of the bladder, se...

Remarks on Imperforate Anus

Bombay Medical Service. I have read with interest the case of " imperforate anus" of a child four months old, published in the current issue of your journal by Surgeon-Major Ma the w, Civil Surgeon of Mozufferpore. It would seem that it is one of congenital malformation, that " this child is in capital condition, lively, and, as far as can be judged, in the enjoyment of perfect healththat " the...

A Case of Imperforate Anus

Cardiovascular anomalies with imperforate anus.

In 68 patients with anorectal malformations cardiovascular anomalies (CVA) were seen in 15 and genitourinary (GU) anomalies in 30. CVA were more frequent (33%) whenever there was a GU anomaly. Ventricular septal defect was the most frequent lesion. All but 1 CVA occurred with type III anorectal malformation. The complexity of the cardiac lesion did not parallel that of the GU anomaly.

A Case of Imperforate Anus

On the 23rd January, 1923, while I was in charge of the Local Fund Dispensary at Sorah, a female child aged 6 months, was brought to me with a history that the child had no anus at all from birth and that small quantities of liquid fsecal matter occasionally escaped from the vagina. Since the child was not in any way inconvenienced, the parents did not mind this abnormality. During the last for...