Appendicostomy in Preschool Children with Anorectal Malformation: Successful Early Bowel Management with a High Frequency of Minor Complications

Table 6

Discussion table: the types and frequency of complications with appendicostomy reported exclusively among children with anorectal malformation (ARM).

Reference	Number children	Age	No complications	Stenosis/stricture	Leakage	Surgical revision	Bowel obstruction	Infection
Kim et al. 2006 [13]	8	8.5	0%	?	?	63%	?	?
Mattix et al.; 2007 [11]	32	9	?	50%	?	34%	3%	?
Rangel et al. 2011 [10]	163	9.9	74%	18%	6%	23%	0.1%	0%
Present study 2013	17	4	58%	12%	0%	6%	0	29%