Evaluation of dysfunction following reconstruction of an anorectal anomaly

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 405-409

  Hettiarachchi, M ^a,b   Garcea, G ^a   DeSouza, N M ^a,b   Williams, A D ^a,b   Clayden, G S ^a,b   Ward, H C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorectal anomalies; Magnetic resonance imaging; Manometry

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INFANT; MANOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANOMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUM;

EID: 0036727789     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0808-1     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Rintala R, Lindahl H, Martinen E, Sariola H (1993) Constipation is a major functional complication after internal sphincter-saving posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for high and intermediate anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg 28: 1054-1058
2. Rintala RJ, Lindahl H (1995) Is normal bowel function possible after repair of intermediate and high anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg 30: 491-494
3. Ong NT, Beasley SW (1991) Long-term continence in patients with high and intermediate anorectal anomalies treated by sacroperineal (Stephens) rectoplasty. J Pediatr Surg 26: 44-48
4. Ludman L, Spitz L, Kiely EM (1994) Social and emotional impact of faecal incontinence after surgery for anorectal anomalities. Arch Dis Child 71: 194-200
5. Emblem R, Diseth T, Morkrid L (1997) Anorectal anomalies: anorectal manometric function and endosonography in relation to functional outcome. Pediatr Surg Int 12: 516-519
6. Emblem R, Diseth T, Morkrid L, Stein R, Bjordal R (1994) Anal endosonography and physiology in adolescents with corrected low anorectal anomalies. J Pediatr Surg 29: 447-451
7. DeSouza NM, Puni R, Kmiot WA, Bartram CI, Hall AS, Bydder GM (1995) MRI of the anal sphincter. J Comput Assist Tomogr 19: 745-751
8. DeSouza NM, Gilderdale DJ, MacIver DK, Ward HC (1997) High resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the anal sphincter in children: a pilot study using endoanal receiver coils. Am J Roentgenol 169: 201-206
9. Levitt MA, Patel M, Rodiguez G, Gaylin DS, Pena A (1997) The tethered spinal cord in patients with anorectal malformations. J Pediatr Surg 32: 462-468
10. Paskins JR, Lawson JON, Clayden GS (1984) The effect of ketamine anaesthesia on anorectal manometry. J Pediatr Surg 19: 289-291
11. DeSouza NM, Ward HC, Williams AD, Battin M, Harris DNF, MacIver DK (1999) Endoanal magnetic resonance imaging following repair of anorectal anomalies: appearances in pull-through vs. posterior sagittal reconstructions. Am J Radiol 173: 723-728
12. Lambrecht W, Lierse W (1987) The internal sphincter in anorectal malformations: morphological investigations in neonatal pigs. J Pediatr Surg 22: 1160-1168
13. Fukata R, Iwai N, Yanagihara J, Iwata G, Kubota Y (1997) A comparison of anal endosonography and manometry in high and intermediate anorectal anomalies. J Pediatr Surg 32: 339-842
14. Cheu HW, Grosfeld J (1992) The atonic baggy rectum: a cause of intractable constipation after imperforate anus repair. J Pediatr Surg 27: 1071-1074
15. Gold DM, Bartram CI, Halligan S, Humphries KN, Kamm MA, Kmiot WA (1999) Three-dimensional endoanal sonography in assessing anal canal injury. Br J Surg 86: 365-370
16. Breil JW, Stoker J, Rociu E, Lameris JS, Hop WCJ, Schouten WR (1999) External anal sphincter atrophy on endoanal magnetic resonance imaging adversely affects continence after sphincteroplasty. Br J Surg 86: 1322-1327
17. Malone PS, Ransley PG, Kiely EM (1990) Preliminary report: the antegrade continence enema. Lancet 336: 1217-1218
18. Minkes RK, Langer JC (2000) A prospective study of botulinum toxin for internal anal sphincter hypertonicity in children with Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg 35: 1733-1736
19. Baeten CGMI, Bastiaan P, Geerdes MD, Eddy MM, et al (1995) Anal dynamic graciloplasty in the treatment of intractable fecal incontinence. N Eng J Med 332: 1600-1605