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Controversies in anorectal malformations
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2017Anorectal malformations are uncommon but complex congenital anomalies that require an individualised strategy of care for each step of the treatment process. These steps, which include preoperative evaluation, operative reconstruction, and postoperative care, are each unique and vitally important to overall patient outcomes.
Andrea, Bischoff +2 more
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NeoReviews, 2016
Anorectal malformations (ARMs) are among the most common surgically treated congenital anomalies in newborns. This review provides an in-depth understanding of the different types of ARMs, the diagnostic evaluation, use of adjunct studies, and an overview of surgical treatment.
Gargano, Tommaso, Lima, Mario
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Anorectal malformations (ARMs) are among the most common surgically treated congenital anomalies in newborns. This review provides an in-depth understanding of the different types of ARMs, the diagnostic evaluation, use of adjunct studies, and an overview of surgical treatment.
Gargano, Tommaso, Lima, Mario
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Reoperations in anorectal malformations
Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2007Significant advances have occurred in the management of anorectal malformations, yet many patients still have technical, frequently catastrophic, operative complications that are potentially avoidable. We chose to analyze our experience in patients who have previously undergone a repair which was unsuccessful and required a reoperation, to detect the ...
Alberto, Peña +2 more
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2003 Background/Purpose: Deficiency of motoneuron innervation to the sphincter mechanism has been described in patients with anorectal malformation. Whether this event is primary or secondary remains unclear.
Paul K H Tam
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Embryology of anorectal malformations
Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 2010Today, the normal and abnormal development of the hindgut is still a matter of speculation. However, as the result of recent studies in appropriate animal models, most embryologic events that finally lead to abnormal hindgut development are better known than in the past: (1) the process of maldevelopment starts in early embryonic stages; (2) the ...
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Anorectal malformations in Africa.
South African journal of surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir chirurgie, 2006Anorectal malformations (ARMs) remain a significant birth defect with an accepted incidence of approximately 0.2 - 1.2%.1,2 Although major advances have occurred in the management of these children during the last 15 years, ARMs remain a clinical challenge largely because of the significant reconstructive and management aspects involved, many of which ...
Moore, SW, Sidler, D, Hadley, GP
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Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 1995
The posterior sagittal approach was used to treat 792 patients with anorectal malformations. From these, 387 cases were evaluated 6 months to 13 years later. Voluntary bowel movements were present in 74.3% of the entire series. When distributed by diagnosis, the percentages varied: 100% in patients with rectal atresia and perineal fistula; 93.2% in ...
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The posterior sagittal approach was used to treat 792 patients with anorectal malformations. From these, 387 cases were evaluated 6 months to 13 years later. Voluntary bowel movements were present in 74.3% of the entire series. When distributed by diagnosis, the percentages varied: 100% in patients with rectal atresia and perineal fistula; 93.2% in ...
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A Newborn with an Anorectal Malformation
The Journal of Pediatrics, 2013Stephen D, DeMeo +2 more
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