Anorectal malformations (ARMs) are a group of commonly encountered congenital anomalies in pediatric surgery practice, with an incidence of 2 in 1000 to 1 in 5000 live births, but with significant variations between different regions throughout the world, as reported in the literature [1,2]. According to Peña and Bechit there is a wide spectrum of presentation, ranging from low perineal fistula...

BACKGROUND Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) have become the standard metric for estimating burden of disease (BoD), but have not yet been applied to delayed access to surgical procedures. This study estimates the DALYs accrued from delayed access to surgical care in two pediatric surgical units in Kenya and Canada. METHODS Records of operations for 13 congenital health states in a Kenya...

Background: Anorectal malformations (ARM) form a very important group of anomalies dealt by pediatric surgeons. Identification different forms the anomaly, planning investigation and definitive surgical procedure to attain final goal continent child, remains difficult task till date. Aim study was complete clinical profile ARM patient, post operative outcome with special emphasis on continence....

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Perineal ectopic anus in female infants is not a very uncommon congenital anomaly. The close proximity of the ectopic anus with the vulva and the stenosed opening seen in large majority of cases necessitate some form of surgical correction. A variety of surgical procedures like cutback, posterior anal transposition, PSARP, or ASAPR, with or without diverting colostomy have be...

INTRODUCTION The treatment of children affected by anorectal malformations (ARM) is characterized by some unsolved problems. The three-stage surgical correction has been known to be most effective in preventing complications, but recently new approaches have been proposed. We describe our experience with the newer approaches. METHODS Twenty three male newborns, affected by ARM and recto-urina...

Aims – To perform a detailed evaluation of the bowel functional outcomes of anorectal malformations (ARMs) after standardized treatment and systematic follow-up in relation to matched controls. To study the bowel habits of a large cohort of individuals from the general population to obtain a baseline for comparison to patients. Methods – A single-institution, cross-sectional study of all patien...