Outcomes from the correction of anorectal malformations

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 394-401

  Levitt, Marc A ^a   Peña, Alberto ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; Bowel management; Cloaca; Cloacal malformation; Imperforate anus

Indexed keywords

ANOPLASTY; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANUS ATRESIA; BONE MALFORMATION; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANAL CANAL; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; CLOACA; COLOSTOMY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTUM; SACRUM; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 20344382060     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000163665.36798.ac     Document Type: Review

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