Overview of bladder exstrophy: a third world perspective

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1520-1523

  Wiersma, Rinus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bladder exstrophy; High mortality; Impoverished environment; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CHILD; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCHISIS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL LIFE; UMBILICAL HERNIA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY RESERVOIRS, CONTINENT;

EID: 48149097882     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Gearhart J.P., and Jeffs R.D. Exstrophy of the bladder, epispadias and other bladder anomalies. In: Walsh P.C., Retik A.B., Stamey T.A., and Vaughn E.D. (Eds). Campbell's urology (2003), W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia 1772-1812
2. Manner J., and Kluth D. The morphogenesis of the exstrophy-epispadias complex: a new concept based on observations made in early embryonic cases of cloacal exstrophy. Anat Embryol (Berl) 210 1 (2005) 51-57
3. Boyadjiev S.A., Dodson J.L., Radford C.L., et al. Clinical and molecular characterization of the bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex: analysis of 232 families. Br J Urol Int 94 9 (2004) 1337-1343
4. Nelson C.P., Dunn R.L., and Wei J.T. Contemporary epidemiology of bladder exstrophy in the United States. J Urol 173 5 (2005) 1728-1731
5. Shapiro E., Lepor H., and Jeffs R.D. The inheritance of exstrophy-epispadias complex. J Urol 132 2 (1984) 308-310
6. Frey P., and Cohen S.J. Anterior pelvic osteotomy. A new technique facilitating primary bladder exstrophy closure. Br J Urol 64 6 (1989) 641-643
7. Oesterling J.E., and Jeffs R.D. The importance of a successful initial bladder closure in the surgical management of classical bladder exstrophy: analysis of 144 patients treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital between 1975 and 1985. J Urol 137 2 (1987) 258-262
8. Hendren W.H., and Hendren R.B. Bladder augmentation: experience with 129 children and young adults. J Urol 144 2 Pt 2 (1990) 445-453