Table 1 The patients’ clinical characteristics
From: Management strategy and outcomes of sacrococcygeal teratoma — an Egyptian multicenter experience
Parameters (total number of patients = 95) | Number of patients (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Female | 74 (78%) |
Male | 21 (22%) |
Age at diagnosis | |
Antenatal | 24 (25%) |
At birth or neonatal | 52 (55%) |
Late presentation | 19 (20%) |
Associated anomalies | |
No | 80 (84.2%) |
Yes | 15 (15.8%) |
Congenital heart diseases | 6 |
Renal anomalies | 5 |
Currarino syndrome | 4 |
Altman classification | |
I | 39 (41%) |
II | 32 (33.7%) |
III | 18 (19%) |
IV | 6 (6.3%) |
Type of perineal incision | |
Vertical elliptical with midline closure | 49 (51.5%) |
Classic chevron with transverse closure | 27 (28.5%) |
Chevron with a slight vertical extension | 19 (20%) |