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William B. Kiesewetter, MD; Alexander H. Bill, MD; Harold H. Nixon, BM, FRCS; Thomas V. Santulli, MD

Arch Surg. 1976;111(5):518-525.

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DR KIESEWETTER: Imperforate anus is a lesion of real relevance to many in the surgical community, particularly that growing group of specialists, the pediatric surgeons. At the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, a recent review showed that 284 patients have been treated for this anomaly over the 25-year period, 1945 to 1969, with appropriate follow-up data available. This represents 1.2% of all of the admissions to the general surgical service. Because of the pertinency of this subject, two distinguished surgeons from the United States and one who has practiced for almost three decades in London's famed Hospital for Sick Children have contributed answers to a group of ten questions submitted to them on this subject. Differences of opinion were not able to be discussed because of geographical separation, and so I have taken the liberty of some editorial comment, which appears after the panel has answered the questions.

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Author Affiliations
Edited by William B. Kiesewetter, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 25, 1975.

Members of the panel: Alexander H. Bill, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Washington, Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Seattle; Harold H. Nixon, BM, FRCS, Senior Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Hospital for Sick Children, London; Thomas V. Santulli, MD, Professor of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Surgeon-in-Chief, Babies Hospital, New York.

Reprint requests to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (Dr Kiesewetter).

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