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VESICO‐INTESTINAL FISSURE
Author(s) -
DAVEY R. B.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1970.tb02872.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fissure , cloaca , embryology , anatomy , paleontology , biology
SYNOPSIS This report describes three variants of an anomaly variously known as vesico‐intestinal fissure and extrophy of the cloaca. The embryology is not well understood, and the mortality is high because of the complexities of management and the frequent occurrence of other major malformations.