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Children have a variety of anorectal problems that cause considerable distress to patients and challenges to surgeons. The presentation of these conditions may be age-specific. Abscesses, fistulae and fissures appear more commonly in infants and young children, whereas hemorrhoidal diseases are more common in older children and teenagers. The anorectal conditions discussed in this chapter include anorectal abscess fistula-in-ano, fissure-in-ano, rectal prolapse and haemorrhoids.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Abuja and University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

    John Chinda

  2. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

    Emmanuel A. Ameh

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital Oxford and University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Kokila Lakhoo

  4. KCMC, Kilimanjaro and Muhimbili Medical Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Kokila Lakhoo

  5. Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Kokila Lakhoo

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

    Emmanuel A. Ameh

  2. Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics, Rady Children’s Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

    Stephen W. Bickler

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Kokila Lakhoo

  4. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Colombus, OH, USA

    Benedict C. Nwomeh

  5. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Dan Poenaru

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Chinda, J., Ameh, E.A., Lakhoo, K. (2020). Other Anorectal Conditions. In: Ameh, E.A., Bickler, S.W., Lakhoo, K., Nwomeh, B.C., Poenaru, D. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41724-6_79

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