Management of the newborn with imperforate anus. Initial management of imperforate anus by simple dilatation, decompressing colostomy, perineal anoplasty, or combined abdominoperineal pull-through is evaluated in sixty-two patients over a twenty-year period at the Yale-New Haven Hospital.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000196:embryology; D001006:Anus, Imperforate / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D003125:Colostomy; D004106:Dilatation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000196:embryology