Posterior sagittal anorectoplasty: functional results of primary and secondary operations in comparison to the pull-through method in anorectal malformations

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery : Official Journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et Al] = Zeitschrift Für Kinderchirurgie
W MulderA Vos

Abstract

Control of defaecation after surgical correction of high and intermediate types of congenital anorectal malformations is difficult. The posterior sagittal approach with careful reconstruction of the external sphincter is postulated to give a better outcome than the pull-through operation. The functional results of these procedures performed in one centre were evaluated in order to identify prognostic factors. Between 1979 and 1992 66 patients with high or intermediate congenital anorectal anomalies were treated in our centre. In 16 patients a pull-through operation (Kĩesewetter-Rehbein) was performed. After 1984, the posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP) (Peña and deVries) was used in 35 patients as the primary operation. In 22 patients a PSARP operation was done as a secondary procedure, in one third of these patients after a previous pull-through operation in our centre. The functional results were analysed in retrospect. Sixty operations in 53 patients could be evaluated. The overall continence rate was 34%. After the pull-through operation six out of 15 patients (40%) were continent, after a primary PSARP 10 out of 25 (40%) and after a secondary PSARP operation five out of 20 patients (25%). Patients with a sacral defec...Continue Reading

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