Colorectal Research

Colorectal Research Articles

Some of the research articles published by the Colorectal Center team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center include:

Absent Vagina

• Rectovestibular Fistula with Absent Vagina: A Unique Anorectal Malformation – July 1998

Anorectal Malformations / Imperforate Anus

• Anorectal Malformations - August 2007
• Augmented-pressure colostogram in imperforate anus with fistula – 1991
• The posterior sagittal trans-sphincteric and trans-rectal approaches – 2003
• Rectal prolapse following posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for anorectal malformations – 2005
• Colostomy in anorectal malformations: a procedure with serious but preventable complications  - 2006
• Increased heritability of certain types of anorectal malformations – 2007
• Reoperations in anorectal malformations – 2007

Bowel Management

• Bowel Management for Fecal Incontinence in Patients with Anorectal Malformations – January 1998
• Megasigmoid: A Source of Pseudoincontinence in Children With Repaired Anorectal Malformations - February 1993

Cloaca

• Cloacal Malformations - July 2007
• Pitfalls in the management of newborn cloacas – 2005
• Surgical Management of Cloacal Malformations: a Review of 339 Patients - March 2004
• Posterior Cloaca: A Unique Defect – March 1998
• Gynecologic Concerns in the Treatment of Teenagers with Cloaca – February 1998
• Total Urogenital Mobilization — An Easier Way to Repair Cloacas – February 1997
• The Surgical Management of Persistent Cloaca: Results in 54 Patients Treated With a Posterior Sagittal Approach - June 1989

Cloacal Extrophy

• Cloacal Exstrophy: A Unified Management Plan – June 2000

Down's Syndrome

• Anorectal Malformations and Down's Syndrome – February 1998
  

Hirschsprung's Disease

• Reoperations in Hirschsprung's Disease -- June 2007

Malone 

• Continent Appendicostomy in the Bowel Management of Fecally Incontinent Children – November 1997

Motility

• Colonic inertia disorders in pediatrics – 2002

Rectovaginal Fistula

• Rectovaginal Fistula: A Common Diagnostic Error With Significant Consequences in Girls With Anorectal Malformations - July 2002

Sphincters

• The Effects of the Posterior Sagittal Approach on Rectal Function (Experimental Study) – June 1993

Tethered Cord

• The Tethered Spinal Cord in Patients With Anorectal Malformations – March 1997   

Urologic Injuries

• Urologic Injuries Associated with Repair of Anorectal Malformations in Male Patients - March 2002

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