The goal of our colorectal and gastrointestinal specialty care is to provide children with anal-rectal disorders advanced care and rehabilitation that frees them from social stigma and allows them to live and play like other children.
Cloacal exstrophy is a type of cloacal malformation. It's a birth defect in which a child is born with many of their digestive system structures, such as the large intestine and bladder, exposed. This conditions usually results in a second birth defect in which abdominal organs stick out of the navel as well.
Cloacal exstrophy requires surgical repair. Shriners Children's pediatric surgeons and clinicians in the colorectal and gastrointestinal department have extensive experience in repairing cloacal malformations, including cloacal exstrophy.
Sometimes a child will undergo a series of surgeries over a number of years. We work together as a team to provide you and your child an individualized plan for reconstruction and future follow-up care. The exact situation and plan of each cloacal exstrophy surgery will depend on the severity of the condition. We can start planning interventions before your child is even born. In every case, our surgeons will work with you and your child to come up with an individualized care plan.
We provide follow-up care until the child becomes an adult to monitor your child’s health, prevent problems, manage symptoms and give your child the best quality of life.
Specific treatments and services may vary by location. Please contact a specific location for more information.
Thanks to Shriners Children's, Wyatt has freedom and our family has room to take a deep breath because we know he is healthy.
