title: Improved life expectancy for children with exstrophy of the bladder.
abstract: Life-table techniques demonstrate a 98% ten-year survival, a 96% 20-year survival, and 91% 35-year survival of children with exstrophy of the bladder. These figures represent a vast improvement over the earlier figures, due in large part to technical advances that have been made in areas of surgery, anesthesia, and antibacterial and metabolic therapy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D011379:Prognosis