ReviewFrontiers in surgery2019
Overview of Anorectal Malformations in Africa.
Review in Frontiers in surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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- Factors associated with in-hospital mortality of neonates with anorectal malformations managed at a tertiary centre in uganda: a retrospective cohort study.Pediatric surgery international · 2026Article
- A five year experience of anorectal malformation surgical reconstrunctions and functional outcome associated factors in Eastern Africa.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Management and Outcomes of Anorectal Malformations at University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Rwanda from 2015 to 2023.Research square · 2025Article
- Comparing the profile of patients with anorectal malformations and delayed presentation of anorectal malformations in the Johannesburg paediatric colorectal clinic: a retrospective study.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Article
- Bowel management outcomes in anorectal malformations: a comparative study between two referral centers in a high- and a low/middle-income country.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Article
- Urogenital anomalies in children with anorectal malformations: a single institution observational study.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Anorectal malformations.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2024Review
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- Surgically Correctable Congenital Anomalies: Reducing Morbidity and Mortality in the First 8000 Days of Life.World journal of surgery · 2023Review
- A Study of the Clinical Profile and Management of Children With Anorectal Malformations.Cureus · 2023Article
- Etiology and Outcome of Intestinal Obstruction in Neonates: A 5-Year Investigation of Admitted Cases From a Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Northern Iran.Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics · 2023Article
- Clinical Differentiation between a Normal Anus, Anterior Anus, Congenital Anal Stenosis, and Perineal Fistula: Definitions and Consequences-The ARM-Net Consortium Consensus.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Pitfalls and technical errors in the first approach to neonates with anorectal malformations in a non-specialist context: can we do any better? A review from three Eastern African Centres.African health sciences · 2021Article
- The start-up phase of a non-specialist paediatric surgical service by outreach focused on capacity building at the Consolata Hospital Ikonda, Makete District, Tanzania.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2020Article
- Improving standard of pediatric surgical care in a low resource setting: the key role of academic partnership.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2020Article
- Anorectal malformation patients' outcomes after definitive surgery using Krickenbeck classification: A cross-sectional study.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Challenges, constraints and failures that are related to the posterior sagittal anorectoplasty approach to anorectal malformations in a low-resource context: An experience from a sudanese tertiary referral centre.African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPSArticle
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Abstract
Anorectal malformation is one of the most common structural congenital malformations treated by pediatric surgeons globally. The outcome of care is largely dependent on the spectrum, clinical features, associated malformations, expertise of the surgeons, and available perioperative facilities. Africa has a large burden of unmet surgical needs in children, and as in other low resource settings, local pediatric surgeons are faced with different and challenging clinical scenarios, hence, adopt various measures to enable children with surgically correctable congenital malformations to survive. There are increasing collaborations between local surgeons and experts in other continents, which often involves surgeons traveling to Africa on missions or well-structured partnerships. It is highly beneficial for the physician who is interested in global-surgery to understand the terrain in low resource settings and prepare for possible changes in management plan. This review highlights the epidemiology, clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome of care of children with anorectal malformations in Africa and provides options adopted by pediatric surgeons working with limited resources.
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