Urological Outcomes in Adult Females Born with Anorectal Malformation or Hirschsprung Disease

Overview

Journal Pediatr Surg Int

Specialties General Surgery
Pediatrics

Date 2024 Jul 6

PMID 38971909

Authors

Lea A Wehrli

Kelly T Harris

Dan T Wood

Duncan T Wilcox

Emily H Cooper

Jared M Rieck

Elisha McGuire

Jill Ketzer

Luis de la Torre

Alberto Pena

Andrea Bischoff

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Abstract

Introduction: Women born with anorectal malformation (ARM) or Hirschsprung disease (HD) may have impaired urologic function resulting in sequelae in adulthood. This study assessed and compared self-reported urinary outcomes in adult females born with ARM or HD to a reference population.

Methods: This was an IRB approved, cross-sectional study of female-born patients with ARM or HD, who completed surveys between November 2021 and August 2022. Female patients between the ages of 18 and 80 years were included. Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Questionnaires were administered through REDCap and the responses were compared to a reference population using Chi-squared or Fisher's exact tests.

Results: Sixty-six born female patients answered the questionnaires, two of them identified as non-binary. The response rate was 76%. Median age was 31.6 years. The majority were born with cloaca (56.3%), followed by other type of ARMs (28.1%), complex malformation (9.4%), and HD (6.3%). A history of bladder reconstruction was present for 26.6%. Catheterization through a channel or native urethra was present in 18.8%. Two had ureterostomies and were excluded from the analysis. Seven had chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease, three with a history of kidney transplantation. Patients with cloaca had significantly higher rates of urinary incontinence, urinary tract infection, and social problems due to impaired urological functioning, when compared to an age-matched reference population (Table 3).

Conclusion: This study emphasizes the need for a multi-disciplinary team that includes urology and nephrology following patients with ARM long term, especially within the subgroup of cloaca.

Level Of Evidence: III.

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