title: Successful pregnancy and delivery in a patient with bladder exstrophy.
abstract: Bladder exstrophy (BE) is a rare congenital anomaly. Owing to the advanced reconstructive surgical techniques and effective antibiotics, the incidence of urinary and systemic complications in patients with BE has decreased and the life expectancy has increased. However, this brings along social, sexual, and psychological problems; particularly, successful pregnancy and delivery is extremely rare in females with BE. We present a pregnancy of an 18-year-old female with BE, who has been followed at our university hospital since birth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. drfdevran@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fatma Devran
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Bildircin
authors.forename: Halil Suat
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ayyildiz
authors.forename: Migraci
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tosun
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malatyalioglu
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ariturk
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakinci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001746:Bladder Exstrophy; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D050498:Live Birth; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D047928:Premature Birth