Associating urinary tract anomalies in ano-rectal malformations

ABSTRACT

Detailed study of the urinary tract had been done in our last twenty consecutive children born with anorectal malformations [A.R.M.] of both sexes. Associated urologic anomalies other than those anomalies which are part of the syndrome [e.g. rectourinary fistula] were found in sixteen out of the twenty children. This high incidence of associated urinary tract anomalies in patients with A.R.M. reflects the importance of a thorough urologic study irrespective of the sex or the type of the anorectal anomaly