| Literature DB >> 31668297 |
Kathy Schall1, Melissa Parks2, Samantha Nemivant3, Janett Hernandez1, Erica M Weidler4.
Abstract
Caring for patients with congenital pelvic anomalies can be challenging in many ways but one crucial aspect is providing longitudinal into adulthood. Newborns with urinary, intestinal or vaginal obstruction require urgent operations to relieve obstruction followed by multiple reconstructive procedures involving the perineum. Openings are created in the pelvic floor musculature that did not exist in development. Adolescence presents further challenges for these postoperative patients while other diagnoses present for the first time in the peri-pubertal teenage years. Young adults can have new symptoms when they become sexually active and are faced with reproductive decisions. During all of these time periods, optimization of function is of paramount importance and patients who are suffering are not able to participate in school, sports or work. This study evaluates the prevalence of pelvic pain in newborns and adolescents with complex congenital pelvic anomalies, associated factors and possible treatment options.Entities:
Keywords: Cloaca; Cloacal anomalies; MRKH; Mayer–Rokitansky–Kuster–Hauser syndrome; OHVIRA; Obstructed hemivagina ipsilateral renal anomaly syndrome; Pelvic pain
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31668297 PMCID: PMC6936264 DOI: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2019.150842
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Pediatr Surg ISSN: 1055-8586 Impact factor: 2.754