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Table 4 Assessment of functional outcome in male patients after PSARP operation using Krickenbeck classification for postoperative results

From: Anorectal anomalies in the male: revisiting the radiological classification

 

Cases available for functional assessment

Voluntary bowel movements

Constipation

Fecal soiling

Mild (diet management)

Moderate (managed by laxatives, mostly senna derivatives)

Severe (resistant to diet and laxatives)

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Recto-bulbar fistula

6

6 (100%)

 

3

 

3

2

1

Recto-prostatic fistula

9

7 (77.7%)

 

3

1

2

4

2

Imperforate anus without fistula

2

1 (50%)

  

1

  

1

Total

17

14/17 (82%)

8/17 (47%)

15/17 (88%)