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Cloacal Exstrophy

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Cloacal exstrophy is an extremely rare and complex congenital anomaly. The management of patients diagnosed prenatally and managed postnatally requires a multidisciplinary team consisting of pediatric urologists, pediatric surgeons, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and clinical psychologists as a core team with others brought in as necessary. The complexity of care means that this is best performed in a center that has significant experience in this condition. The management and outcomes will be discussed in this chapter.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Urology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

    Duncan Wilcox

  2. International Center for Colorectal and Urogenital Care, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

    Andrea Bischoff

  3. Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

    Moritz M. Ziegler

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  2. University Clinic of Paediatric and Adolescent Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Michael E. Höllwarth

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Wilcox, D., Bischoff, A., Ziegler, M.M. (2023). Cloacal Exstrophy. In: Puri, P., Höllwarth, M.E. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81488-5_97

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