Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center report that a group of rare urological defects, including bladder development outside the body, may be more common in children conceived ...

Bladder exstrophy is a rare congenital malformation that manifests as an absence of the anterior bladder wall, resulting in an exposed bladder mucosa at birth. This condition presents formidable ...

WEBVTT MELINDA: WITH A NEW BABY COMES UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES BUT BABY HUDSON'S CONDITION WAS, SOMETHING UNIMAGINABLE. HE WAS BORN WITH BLADDER EXSTROPHY, WHERE THE BLADDER FORMED OUTSIDE OF THE BODY >> ...

Staged reconstruction repair of bladder exstrophy results in hydronephrosis or renal scarring in 15-25% of patients. A cosmetically acceptable and functional phallus can be achieved in 85% of patients ...

Patients with classic bladder exstrophy (CBE) in whom closure is delayed exhibit increased rates of bladder smooth muscle cell autophagy and apoptosis, and reduced rates of cellular proliferation, ...

The rapid acceptance of complete primary repair of bladder exstrophy by the urological community has radically transformed the repair of classical bladder exstrophy from a standard, staged approach ...