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Table 6 Distribution of patients according to definitive treatment

From: Indications for and complications of intestinal stomas in the children and adults at a tertiary care hospital in a resource-limited setting: a Tanzanian experience

Definitive (curative) treatment

Children <18 yrs

Adults >18 yrs

Total N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Bowel perforation repair

4 (12)

8 (30)

12 (20)

Perineal repair

0 (0)

2 (7)

2 (3)

Bowel resection and anastomosis

4 (12)

16 (59)

20 (33)

Pull through

2 (6)

1 (4)

3 (5)

PSARP

23 (69)

0 (0)

23 (38)

Total

33 (55%)

27 (45%)

60 (100)

  1. PSARP Posterior Sagittal Anorectoplasty