Successful management of tubular colonic duplication using a laparoscopic approach: A case report and review of the literature

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of colonic duplication reported in the literature

Clinical characteristics, n = 99	n (%)
Locations of duplication
Sigmoid	28 (28.2)
Transverse	15 (15.2)
Ascending	21 (21.2)
Descending	11 (11.1)
Rectum	3 (3.1)
Complete colon	21 (21.2)
Age in yr
0-2	30 (30.3)
> 2	69 (69.7)
Gender
Female	57 (57.6)
Male	42 (42.4)
Symptoms
Acute abdomen	10 (10.1)
Chronic abdominal pain	27 (27.3)
Constipation	18 (18.2)
Abdominal distension	7 (7.1)
Abdominal mass	16 (16.2)
Bleeding	5 (5.1)
Rectovestibular fistula	7 (7.1)
Perforation	5 (5.1)
Obstruction	6 (6.1)
None	3 (3.0)
Others1	17 (17.2)
Treatment
Conservative treatment	10 (10.1)
Laparotomy	81 (81.8)
Laparoscopy	8 (8.1)
Range of resection
Resection of duplication only	47 (52.8)
Total colectomy	5 (5.6)
Subtotal colectomy	2 (2.2)
Left hemi-colectomy	12 (13.5)
Right hemi-colectomy	12 (13.5)
Colostomy	11 (12.4)
Anastomosis
Side-to-side	34 (38.2)
End-to-end	23 (25.8)
Others	32 (36.0)
Type of duplication
Tubular	61 (68.5)
Cystic	38 (31.5)
Follow-up
Uneventful	75 (75.8)
Unreported	18 (18.2)
Postoperative complications	2 (2.0)
Recurrence of symptoms	4 (4.0)
Malignant change	7 (7.1)

¹Diarrhea 2 (2.0%), fever 2 (2.0%), vomiting 4 (4.0%), anorectal malformation 3 (3.0%), volvulus 2 (2.0%), imperforate anus 3 (3.0%), intussusception 1 (1.0%).