A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF CLINICAL PROFILE AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF CHILDREN WITH ANORECTAL MALFORMATIONS WHO UNDERWENT SURGERY

Abstract

Introduction: Anorectal malformations present with an incidence of 1.0 to 1.5 per 5,000 live births slight male preponderance. These malformations include a broad spectrum of defects, low, intermediate, and high, based on the level of the blind rectal pouch with the pubococcygeal and ischial lines on an invertogram. Imperforate anus without fistula is infrequent, accounting for only about 5% of all anorectal malformations.