title: Long-term continence in patients with high and intermediate anorectal anomalies treated by sacroperineal (Stephens) rectoplasty.
abstract: Thirty-seven patients treated at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, by Stephens (sacroperineal or sacroabdominoperineal) rectoplasty were reviewed after 5 to 32 years. Continence was assessed using the Kelly, Templeton, Kiesewetter, and Wingspread criteria. Although approximately 20% of the patients were shown to have unsatisfactory control with each clinical scoring system, the remainder have a socially acceptable level of fecal control. Several patient groups had more favorable results than others: (1) females; (2) patients who did not have an abdominal component to their rectoplasty; and (3) patients reviewed more than 10 years after surgery. Twenty-eight patients reached their final level of continence in the first few years and nine improved gradually throughout childhood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Beasley
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation