Imperforate Anus without Fistula
About five percent of our entire series included patients with imperforate anus but without a fistula. In both males and females the rectum lay about two centimeters from the perineal skin.
Most of these patients had a very good sacrum and good muscles. The defect seems to be equivalent to the Rectourethral bulbar fistula in the male or rectovestibular fistula in the female in terms of quality of muscles and sacrum; therefore, those patients have a good prognosis.
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