BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: @entity1467 is a common association in @entity1 with @entity2463 . The purpose of this study was to determine whether the @entity154 in @entity1 with @entity1467 had specific characteristics and whether the presence of @entity1467 represented a serious detriment to the @entity1 's functional prognosis. METHODS: Nine hundred eighty-seven @entity1 with @entity2463 were studied retrospectively. Twenty @entity1 (2%) had @entity1467 . Nineteen of these (95%) had the same specific type of @entity14592 with no @entity292 . This defect has a good prognosis, the rectum is located about 2 cm above the perineal skin, the sacrum is normal, and the sphincter mechanism is good. For comparison, a group of 34 @entity1 with the same defect but without @entity1467 was also studied. All @entity1 were operated on via posterior sagittal approach by the same surgeon. RESULTS: Imperforate anus without @entity292 occurs in 5% of all @entity1 with @entity2463 and in 95% of those @entity1 who also suffer from @entity1467 . The characteristics of the defect were the same in both groups of @entity1 , and surprisingly, the prognosis was good in both groups (80% to 96% of @entity1 had @entity717 , 100% had urinary continence). CONCLUSIONS: The association of @entity1467 with @entity14592 without @entity292 is not coincidental. This particular benign defect can be predicted to occur in most @entity1 with @entity1467 . The presence of @entity1467 in cases of @entity2463 should not be a contraindication to repairing the @entity14592 and to closing the colostomy.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity154 :: ('MESH:D000013', 'Disease') :: ['anorectal defect'] @entity2463 :: ('MESH:C537771', 'Disease') :: ['anorectal malformations'] @entity1467 :: ('MESH:D004314', 'Disease') :: ["Down's syndrome"] @entity292 :: ('MESH:D005402', 'Disease') :: ['fistula'] @entity14592 :: ('MESH:D001006', 'Disease') :: ['imperforate anus', 'anorectal defect: imperforate anus'] @entity717 :: ('MESH:D009069', 'Disease') :: ['voluntary bowel movement']
@entity2463 :: (MESH:C537771,Disease) :: ['Anorectal malformations']
