Acquired posterior urethral diverticulum following surgery for anorectal malformations

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1231-1235

  Alam, Shumyle ^a   Lawal, Taiwo A ^a   Peña, Alberto ^a   Sheldon, Curtis ^a   Levitt, Marc A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; Complications; Posterior urethral diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EJACULATION DISORDER; FECES INCONTINENCE; GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROLITHIASIS; BLADDER FISTULA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED TECHNIQUE; LAPAROSCOPY; NOTE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSABDOMINAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTOSCOPY; DIVERTICULUM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL DISEASES; UROGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959322987     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.03.061     Document Type: Article

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