RT Book, Section A1 Canning, Douglas A. A1 Parrillo, Lisa A1 Gupta, Kavita A1 Snyder, Howard M. A2 Ziegler, Moritz M. A2 Azizkhan, Richard G. A2 Allmen, Daniel von A2 Weber, Thomas R. SR Print(0) ID 1100436625 T1 Bladder Exstrophy T2 Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-162723-8 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100436625 RD 2024/10/15 AB Bladder exstrophy is rare, occurring about once in 30 to 50,000 live births. Despite a devastating initial appearance, because associated defects are few, many with bladder exstrophy lead near normal successful lives following reconstruction.Goals for repair include providing urinary continence in both sexes and reconstructing the penis in males to provide for standing micturition and vaginal penetration.Two approaches, the staged (Hopkins) repair and the complete repair (Mitchell) are currently in use.If newborn closure is done in early infancy, iliac osteotomy is not always required.A dedicated, experienced, consistent team is required to provide optimal results.