[Cloacal exstrophy: what therapeutic approach for what result?].
The authors report 11 cases of cloacal exstrophy and analyse the anatomical features and the results of surgery. The outcome of three patients aged 20, 18 and 9 years is related. Advances in prenatal assessment of malformations is likely an explanation for the lack of new cases in the recent years. However the surgical procedure now available provides a better quality of life to patients with such a disabling malformation.
Clinique chirurgicale infantile, CHRU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002988:Cloaca / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies