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Article

Cloacal Exstrophy: A Case Report and Literature Review

by
Vitalij Varygin
1,
Šarūnas Bernotas
2,
Pranas Gurskas
3,
Valerijus Karmanovas
4,
Sigitas Strupas
3,
Olga Zimanaitė
5 and
Gilvydas Verkauskas
5,*
1
Department of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University
2
Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Children’s Hospital, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos
3
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos
4
Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Children’s Hospital, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos
5
Department of Pediatric Urology, Children’s Hospital, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos, Lithuania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Submission received: 7 December 2010 / Accepted: 29 December 2011 / Published: 3 January 2012

Abstract

Cloacal exstrophy is an extremely rare congenital malformation resulting in an exstrophy of the urinary, intestinal, and genital organs and associated with anomalies of other organ systems. We present a complicated case of cloacal exstrophy and the recent progress in the management of this probably most complicated anomaly in pediatric urology and surgery.
Keywords: exstrophy; cloaca; cloacal exstrophy exstrophy; cloaca; cloacal exstrophy

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Varygin, V.; Bernotas, Š.; Gurskas, P.; Karmanovas, V.; Strupas, S.; Zimanaitė, O.; Verkauskas, G. Cloacal Exstrophy: A Case Report and Literature Review. Medicina 2011, 47, 100. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/medicina47120100

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Varygin V, Bernotas Š, Gurskas P, Karmanovas V, Strupas S, Zimanaitė O, Verkauskas G. Cloacal Exstrophy: A Case Report and Literature Review. Medicina. 2011; 47(12):100. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/medicina47120100

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Varygin, Vitalij, Šarūnas Bernotas, Pranas Gurskas, Valerijus Karmanovas, Sigitas Strupas, Olga Zimanaitė, and Gilvydas Verkauskas. 2011. "Cloacal Exstrophy: A Case Report and Literature Review" Medicina 47, no. 12: 100. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/medicina47120100

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