Imperforate anus: long- and short-term outcome

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-89

  Rintala, Risto J ^a   Pakarinen, Mikko P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformations; Functional results; Imperforate anus; Long term outcomes; Short term outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; FERTILITY; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MORTALITY; MYELODYSPLASIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM SURGERY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41449114192     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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