Meghan Davis, Shruthi Mohan, Teresa Russell, Christina Feng, Andrea Badillo, Marc Levitt, Christina P Ho, Hans G Pohl, Briony K Varda
INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: Although the combination of bladder dysfunction and upper tract anomalies puts patient with cloaca at risk for renal disease, the rarity of this condition makes it difficult to study empirically. As a high-volume center, we uniquely capture bladder function outcomes following our growing number of cloacal repairs. OBJECTIVE: 1) Describe the rates of incomplete bladder emptying following primary cloacal repair (at 2-3 months after repair and last follow up), and 2) identify clinical factors associated with assisted bladder emptying...
March 21, 2023: Journal of Pediatric Urology