title: Continence in cases of bladder exstrophy.
abstract: The relationship of the onset of continence, staged surgical procedures and continence length was investigated in 21 patients with closed continent exstrophy. Continence occurred within a year of operation in 13 patients and 10 of these 13 patients had a Young-Dees urethroplasty and Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz suspension. In 11 of these 13 patients the continence length was greater than 1 cm. In the remaining 8 patients continence was delayed beyong a year. Only 1 of these 8 patients had undergone both bladder neck procedures and in 5 patients the continence length was greater than 1 cm.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011312:Pressure; D013997:Time Factors; D014521:Urethra / Q000503:physiopathology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology*