title: Intraoperative endoscopy in oesophageal atresia and anorectal anomalies.
abstract: In four children with oesophageal atresia and two children with high anorectal anomalies a magnetic bougienage respectively a magnetic pull-through procedure have been performed. In all cases the cylinders have been placed under endoscopic control. The endoscopic intraoperative procedure has proved to be very useful in these 6 cases. Having performed a successful bougienage the cylinder of the upper segment can pass distal to the thread in the stomach and can then be grasped with a flexible endoscope via gastrostomy. Endoscopy after magnetic pull-through procedure in anorectal anomalies is necessary in order to control the newly created pathway together with manometry and x-ray studies.
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008280:Magnetics; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery