title: Repair of cloacal malformation using combined posterior sagittal and abdominal perineal approaches.
abstract: Cloacal malformations in female infants are not very common and their treatment is most challenging because every case differs from the others. In the light of a well-documented case, the authors describe the complexity of the malformation, the difficulties of making a correct detailed diagnosis, and the chronology of repair. They stress the advantage of the posterior sagittal approach for the first part of the operation, changing for the second part to a supine and later to a lithotomy position. In most cases a satisfactory reconstruction is possible, anatomically as well as functionally.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D001006:Anus, Imperforate / Q000601:surgery; D002988:Cloaca / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000601:surgery; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery; D014518:Ureterocele / Q000601:surgery; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery