CLOACAL MALFORMATIONS

Course overview

CLOACAL MALFORMATIONS ARE RARE CONGENITAL ANOMALIES CHARACTERIZED BY A CONFLUENCE OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL, GENITAL, AND UROLOGIC SYSTEMS WHICH EXITS THE PERINEUM THROUGH A SINGLE ORIFICE. CLOACAL MALFORMATIONS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST COMPLEX ANORECTAL MALFORMATIONS (ARM) AND REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT TECHNICAL CHALLENGE FOR PEDIATRIC SURGEONS, PEDIATRIC UROLOGISTS, AND PEDIATRIC GYNECOLOGISTS. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE CLINICAL EVALUATION OF CLOACAL MALFORMATIONS AND EXPLAINS THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TEAM IN COORDINATING THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.