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| Year : 2015 | Volume
: 20
| Issue : 3 | Page : 146-147 |
Colonic duplication: Treatment by limited division of common wall
Divya Bhadoo1, Karunesh Chand1, Manisha Jana2, Arun Kumar Gupta2, Veereshwar Bhatnagar1
1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Veereshwar Bhatnagar
Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.159031
Colonic duplications are rare congenital anomalies. Treatment of choice is complete resection that in case of a long tubular duplication requires total or subtotal colectomy. A simple surgical technique for treatment of complete colonic duplication is described, which avoids the complications of extensive colonic resection.
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