[HTML][HTML] State of the art bowel management for pediatric colorectal problems: anorectal malformations

E Bokova, WJ Svetanoff, JJ Lopez, MA Levitt… - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Up to 79% of patients with anorectal malformations (ARMs) experience constipation and/or
soiling after a primary posterior sagittal anoplasty (PSARP) and are referred to a bowel …

[HTML][HTML] Bowel function and associated risk factors at preschool and early childhood age in children with anorectal malformation type rectovestibular fistula: An ARM …

HJJ van der Steeg, IALM van Rooij, BD Iacobelli… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Outcome of patients operated for anorectal malformation (ARM) type
rectovestibular fistula (RVF) is generally considered to be good. However, large multi-center …

Correlation between the lateral and anteroposterior sacral ratios in anorectal malformations

H Ahmad, DR Halleran, JR Stanek, BP Thompson… - Pediatric …, 2021 - Springer
Background The sacral ratio has been used as a tool for evaluating sacral development in
patients with anorectal malformations. Sacral ratios can be calculated by obtaining sacral …

Fetal Sacral Ratio: A Novel Method for Prenatal Sonographic Assessment of Sacral Abnormalities

S Perlman, I Shwartz, Y Hazan… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The sacral ratio (SR) was described as a postnatal X‐ray‐based method to detect
sacral abnormalities and predict functional prognosis for fecal continence in children with …

The anorectal malformations (ARM) index

AT Badillo, BK Varda, MA Levitt - Cloacal Malformations: Case …, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
Throughout this book you will see reference to the anorectal malformations (ARM) index.
The ARM index can be used to estimate the prognosis regarding the potential for future stool …