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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
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Also known as: anorectal malformation surgery, imperforate anus repair, imperforate anus surgery.
Anorectal malformation is a birth defect that adversely impacts the development of the anus and rectum. This can negatively affect or even prevent a baby from passing stools through the anus and rectum. Anorectal malformation repair is a surgical procedure to fix the problem.
The patient will typically need to avoid food, drink and certain medications prior to the procedures.
Bleeding, infection, blockage of the bowel, constipation, incontinence and a failure of the procedure to fix the problem are all potential risks of anorectal malformation repair.
Reviewed by: Juan L Calisto, MD
This page was last updated on: November 11, 2020 02:18 PM
Please see Imperforated Anus for further information.
If a baby is born without an anus (the opening at the end of the digestive tract), then this birth defect is known as an imperforated anus.