A successful treatment strategy in infants and adolescents with anorectal malformation and incontinence with combined hydrocolonic ultrasound and bowel management.

Purpose: Patients with anorectal malformation (ARM) frequently suffer postoperatively from fecal incontinence (25%) and constipation (75%). Depending on the type of malformation, some cases will not have a chance to control bowel movements. For these patients with fecal incontinence, we started to combine bowel management with hydrocolonic ultrasound to keep them clean.