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The outcomes of patients with anorectal malformations (ARM) have greatly improved during the last decades as a result of modern surgical techniques and improved neonatal care facilities. Early survival is today a rule except in some rare cases with cardiac, urogenital, or chromosomal anomalies that are not compatible with life. The overall long-term functional outcome expectancy in terms of fecal and urinary continence is today relatively optimistic. The majority of patients reaching adolescence and adulthood are able to maintain themselves socially continent.
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(2006). Results Following Treatment of Anorectal Malformations. In: Anorectal Malformations in Children. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31751-7_28
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