Oberwalder M, Tschmelitsch J, Conrad F, Offner F
Second Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria.
Dis Colon Rectum. 1998 Jun;41(6):802-3. doi: 10.1007/BF02236274.
Endosonographic image and surgical therapy of a retrorectal bowel duplication are described.
METHODS, RESULTS, AND CONCLUSIONS: Compared with standard investigations, the most accurate information about a retrorectal mass in a 35-year-old woman could be obtained by means of endorectal ultrasound. Guided by endorectal ultrasound, the mass was excised using a transanal-transrectal approach, and Kraske's operation could be avoided. Additionally, histopathologic analysis of this rare disease is presented.
