title: Congenital short colon.
abstract: Congenital short colon (CSC) is a condition in which the colon is replaced, wholly or partially, by a dilated pouch together with anorectal malformation and a colourinary fistula. Most of the reported series have been from northern India where this malformation is frequent. This paper details the management of 108 patients with CSC over a period of 23 years. The patients were classified into two types: (1) Partial short colon, where a segment of normal colon is present between the ileum and the sac. These patients could be treated by excision of the pouch and pull-through of the segment of normal colon during either single- or two-stage surgery. (2) Complete short colon, where the ileum opened directly into the sac, and formation of a tube from this sac (coloplasty) was required in one or more stages to provide a length of normally functioning colon. Review of the results showed staged management to be superior. The follow-up has ranged between 3 and 7 years, with satisfactory long-term results in both groups of patients. We have evolved a protocol for the management of CSC that has improved the prognosis and quality of life of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, King George's Medical College, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Wakhlu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wakhlu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Kureel
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D011859:Radiography