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Long-term orthopedic outcomes in patients with epispadias and bladder exstrophy

Authors: Suominen JS, HELENIUS I, TASKINEN S

Publisher: W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC

Publication year: 2012

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Journal acronym: J PEDIATR SURG

Number in series: 10

Volume: 47

Issue: 10

First page : 1821

Last page: 1824

Number of pages: 4

ISSN: 0022-3468

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.04.023

Abstract

Conclusions: Patients with BE suffer more from low-back pain and have decreased running performance compared with patients with epispadias. Although pelvic osteotomy is widely used to achieve tension-free primary closure of abdominal wall, patients with osteotomy suffered more from hip pains, suggesting that pelvic osteotomy is indicated mainly when primary closure either is impossible or fails in BE reconstruction. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.