Pitfalls and challenges of cloaca repair: How to reduce the need for reoperations

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1250-1255

  Levitt, Marc A ^a   Bischoff, Andrea ^a   Peña, Alberto ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cloaca; Persistent urogenital sinus; Reoperation; Vaginal replacement

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOACA; CLOACA REPAIR; CLOACAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM SURGERY; REOPERATION; UROGENITAL SINUS; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VAGINA ATRESIA;

EID: 79959315784     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.03.064     Document Type: Article

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