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Urologic abnormalities associated with imperforate anus

1973; Elsevier BV; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0022-3468(73)80078-8

1531-5037

Eugene S. Wiener, William B. Kiesewetter,

Medicine and Dermatology Studies History

A N O M A L I E S O F T H E A N O R E C T U M have long p l a g u e d surgeons . N o t on ly is the k n o w l e d g e of f unc t i ona l a n a t o m i c va r i a t i ons i m p o r t a n t in the m a n a g e m e n t of these cond i t i ons , b u t a t h o r o u g h u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the a s soc ia t ed a b n o r m a l i t i e s is also necessa ry . T h e h igh inc idence o f u ro log ic a b n o r m a l i t i e s in p a t i e n t s w i t h ano rec t a l m a l f o r m a t i o n s p r o m p t e d us to r e s t u d y the r ecords of ou r p a t i e n t s in an a t t e m p t to e luc ida te the i m p o r t a n c e of th is a s soc i a t i on in the u l t i m a t e o u t c o m e f rom s u r g e r y and to sugges t m e t h o d s for m o r e effect ive m a n a g e m e n t .