Cloaca

6½-Year-Old Female Patient Referred for Extensive Secondary Surgery of Her Cloacal Malformation (Hendren Patient Case)

  • 6½-year-old female patient was referred in 1976 for extensive secondary surgery of her cloacal malformation
  • Thirteen prior operations included:
    • Colostomy at birth
    • Bilateral loop ureterostomies
    • Attempted vaginal pullthrough
    • Opening of the urogenital sinus
    • Suprapubic cystostomy
    • Closure of the bladder neck

17-Year-Old Female Patient with Total Urinary and Fecal Incontinence Despite Multiple Procedures for Basic Cloacal Malformation (Hendren Patient Case)

  • 17-year-old female referred in 1979 with total urinary and fecal incontinence despite multiple misdirected procedures for her basic cloacal malformation
  • Severe hypertension secondary to renal scarring demanded immediate medical treatment