Open AccessPrimary definitive procedure versus conventional three-staged procedure for the management of low-type anorectal malformation in females: A randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Alisha Gupta,
Sandeep Agarwala,
Vishnubhatla Sreenivas,
M Srinivas,
Veereshwar Bhatnagar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_228_16
Subject(s) - medicine , dehiscence , wound dehiscence , surgery , randomized controlled trial , incidence (geometry) , statistical significance , fistula , physics , optics
Females with Krickenbeck low-type anorectal malformations - vestibular fistula (VF) and perineal fistula (PF) - are managed either by a primary definitive or conventional three-staged approach. Ultimate outcome in these children may be affected by wound dehiscence leading to healing by fibrosis. Most of the literature favors one approach over other based on retrospective analysis of their outcomes. Whether a statistically significant difference in wound dehiscence rates between these approaches exists needed to be seen.