title: Bladder exstrophy: current management and postoperative imaging.
abstract: Bladder exstrophy is a rare malformation characterized by an infra-umbilical abdominal wall defect, incomplete closure of the bladder with mucosa continuous with the abdominal wall, epispadias, and alterations in the pelvic bones and muscles. It is part of the exstrophy-epispadias complex, with cloacal exstrophy on the severe and epispadias on the mild ends of the spectrum. Bladder exstrophy is the most common of these entities and is more common in boys. The goal of this paper is to describe common methods of repair and to provide an imaging review of the postoperative appearances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA, kpierre@radalliance.com.
authors.forename: Ketsia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pierre
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borer
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.forename: Jeanne S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000175:diagnosis; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000002:abnormalities; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000175:diagnosis; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000293:injuries; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000473:pathology; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*