Occult exstrophy of the bladder
β Scribed by Isaac Kaplan; Harold Labandter
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 853 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Exstrophy of the bladder (EB) and exstrophy of the cloaca (EC) are generally recognizable as distinct clinical entities. In patients with EB, the posterior bladder wall is exposed through a midline defect of the abdomen. The umbilicus is inferiorly displaced and located close to the superior margin
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Bladder exstrophy (BE) and cloacal exstrophy (CE) are rare birth defects that have been reported to occur in 1:30,000β50,000 and 1:200,000β400,000 live births. Disagreement exists as to whether they comprise two distinct disorders or are part of a spectrum. We examined e