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Table 1 Procedures used for anorectoplasty in cases of cloaca, and the related functional outcome (bowel control)

From: Persistent cloaca: persistence of the challenge

Procedure for anorectoplasty

Number of cases

Voluntary bowel control

Regular laxatives for evacuation

Regular enemas

Less than 3 years or lost to follow-up

Perineal ‘sagittal’ anorectoplasty

18

6 (33.3%)

3 (16.6%)

3 (16.6%)

6 (33.3%)

Abdomino-perineal pull-through

10

2 (20%)

2 (20%)

4 (40%)

[1 caudal regression + 1 tethered cord]

2 (20%)

Laparoscopic assisted

4

1 (25%)

--

1 (25%)

(poor sacrum)

2 (50%)

Total number

32

9 (28.1%)

5 (15.6%)

8 (25%)

10 (31.3%)