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Congenital Pouch Colon

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Congenital pouch colon (CPC) is a congenital malformation of the large bowel in which the entire large bowel or segments of varying lengths of the large bowel exhibit enormous dilatations in the form of a pouch and communicate distally through a fistula with the urogenital system. CPC is a condition which comprises of a high form of anorectal malformation with is associated with large variations in the size of the dilatations of the affected colonic segment. Surgical management depends on the type of CPC, and outcomes are variable depending on the length of colon affected and the anorectal muscle complex.

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Saxena, A.K., Mathur, P. (2017). Congenital Pouch Colon. In: Puri, P. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38482-0_77-1

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