title: Laparoscopic management of congenital H-type urethroanal fistula.
abstract: Laparoscopic management in a case of congenital urethroanal fistula with a normal anterior urethra in a 5-month-old male child is reported. A congenital H-type urethroanal fistula is a rare entity. Management of such fistula has always been surgical, ranging from perineal dissection, posterior saggital approach, to abdomino-perineal approach. We describe a minimally invasive laparoscopic method for approaching such fistula, which has not been described in the literature and is being reported for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Apollo Children's Hospital, Chennai, India. agarwal_prakash@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Raj Kishore
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Bagdi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*