Open AccessA staged operation for anopenile urethral fistula
Author(s) -
Issei Kawakita,
Susumu Honda,
Hisayuki Miyagi,
Masashi Matsushima,
Kazuyoshi Okumura,
Akinobu Taketomi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/ajps.ajps_52_17
Subject(s) - medicine , fistula , surgery , meconium , body orifice , general surgery , pregnancy , anatomy , fetus , biology , genetics
Anopenile urethral fistula (APUF) is not rare, but there are only a few detailed reports regarding its surgical treatment. We describe a patient with APUF who had no anal opening, and meconium was discharged from the external urethral orifice. The patient was treated with a staged operation.