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Fig. 5

From: Image-guided confirmation of a precision pull-through procedure during laparoscopically assisted anorectoplasty in an open MRI operating theater: first application in an infantile case with anorectal malformation

Fig. 5

T2-weighted images (axial view). a A 0.45-T open MRI scan clearly revealed the rectum in the center of muscle complex (outlined by dot line). To clarify rectal pull-through, a 1 ml syringe filled with physiological saline was inserted in the anus (arrow). b Dot line showed the external sphincter muscle. Pull through rectum (1 ml syringe filled with physiological saline: arrow) was confirmed at the center of the external sphincter muscle

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