Correlation of anorectal malformation complexity and associated urologic abnormalities

Patients with anorectal malformations (ARM) commonly have associated urologic anomalies. Few large studies exist to accurately characterize the incidence or associations between severity of malformation and urologic diagnosis. The purpose of our study was to determine the incidence of urologic diagnoses in a large cohort of children with ARM and evaluate for any correlation between severity of ARM and the incidence and number of associated urologic diagnoses.

Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - February 25, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Molly E Fuchs, Devin R. Halleran, Tran Bourgeois, Yuri Sebasti ão, Laura Weaver, Nolan Farrell, Alejandra Vilanova-Sánchez, Alessandra Gasior, Ihab Halaweish, Venkata R Jayanthi, Richard J. Wood, Daniel G Dajusta Source Type: research