Cloaca - Workup & Evaluation
Topic overview
Dr. Manish N Patel,pediatric interventional radiologist and an associate professor of radiology, presents on complex cloacal malformations anduses of rotational Fluoroscopy and 3-D reconstruction. Dr. Patel covers topics on 3D rotational fluoroscopy as the technology used for imaging of overlappingstructures, traditional fluoroscopy, rotational fluoroscopy and it's clinical utility. Panel discussion follows the presentation with discussion oninitial gynecology and urology tests preformed on a newborn with a cloaca, three functional aspects to address cloacasincluding bowel/colorectal, gynecologic, and urologic, done prenatally and postnatally, anddecompressing the GI tract followed by an endoscopy to define the anatomy for the cloacagramonce the baby gets bigger.
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