Posterior sagittal anorectoplasty versus anterior sagittal anorectoplasty for repair of low imperforate anus in females

ABSTRACT

In the surgical correction of low imperforate anus in females, many surgical procedures were tried mostly cutback or anal transposition. These procedures have many disadvantages with unaccepted results. Pena in 1982 and Okada in 1992, described the posterior sagittal and anterior sagittal anorectoplasty respectively for correction of such anomalies. Twenty cases of low imperforate anus in females were classified into 2 groups, 10 patients for each First group [I] Limited pesterior sagittal anorectoplasty was used for the repair. Second group; [II] Anterior Sagittal anorectoplasty was used for the repair. Second group [II] Anterior sagittal anorectoplasty was used for the repair. In this study, the functional and cosmetic outcomes were compared in the two procedures. From this study we concluded that the results of both procedures are satisfactory