[Pickrell intervention in children for anal incontinence secondary to anorectal malformation].

Study Aim: The aim of this study was to report the results of unilateral Pickrell procedure in children with fecal incontinence secondary to anal atresia.

Patients And Method: Twenty three children were operated between 1975 and 1997. The mean age at the time of the operation was 8.

[Pseudotumoral rectal endometriosis].

A case of rectal endometriosis, presenting in the form of acute obstruction, is described. The primary diagnosis was malignancy, but endometriosis was discovered at emergency operation. The diagnosis and management of rectal endometriosis are reviewed.

[Postoperative recurrence of esophago-tracheal fistula. Significance of peroperative catheterization of the fistula with tracheoscopy. Apropos of 10 cases].

Ten children with recurrent tracheo-oesophageal fistula have been treated over 13 years (1976-1988). Five patients were referred from other centers. The original pathology was oesophageal atresia in eight and two patients had a tracheo-oesophageal fistula alone.