Cloacal exstrophy and cloacal exstrophy variants: a proposed system of classification.
A coding system that documents the abnormalities within the cloacal exstrophy complex is presented. Analysis allows the classification of these abnormalities into classical and variant series in a logical manner. The application of the coding system to selected reported material is described and it demonstrates the similarities between apparently divergent cases.
Manzoni
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Hospital for Sick Children, London, England.
Ransley
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Hurwitz
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000145:classification*; D002965:Classification; D002988:Cloaca / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004282:Documentation; D005260:Female; D005835:Genitalia / Q000002:abnormalities; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000002:abnormalities